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4643899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical%20perception | Categorical perception | Categorical perception is a phenomenon of perception of distinct categories when there is a gradual change in a variable along a continuum. It was originally observed for auditory stimuli but now found to be applicable to other perceptual modalities.
Motor theory of speech perception
And what about the very building... |
4643936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen%20Whitmer | Gretchen Whitmer | Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
Whitmer was born and raised in M... |
4644054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Prisoner%20characters%20%E2%80%93%20prison%20staff | List of Prisoner characters – prison staff | This is a list of characters in the Australian television series Prisoner, that includes the "prison staff", the series was produced by (the) Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten from 1979 until 1986 and was known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the United States and Britain, and Caged Women in C... |
4644073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Aquilani | Alberto Aquilani | Alberto Aquilani (; born 7 July 1984) is an Italian football manager and former player. Mainly a central midfielder, he usually operated as a deep-lying playmaker, but was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of Serie B club Pisa.
Aquilani began his career with Italian side ... |
4644082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Prisoner%20characters%20%E2%80%93%20miscellaneous | List of Prisoner characters – miscellaneous |
A list of miscellaneous characters in the television series Prisoner
Listed in order of appearance:
Eddie Cook (Richard Moir - episodes 1-16), an original character, electrician Eddie was contracted to do repair work at the prison. At Wentworth, he enjoys the company of inmate Marilyn Mason and so finds reasons to... |
4644164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20L.%20Hoggan | David L. Hoggan | David Leslie Hoggan (March 23, 1923 – August 7, 1988) was an American author of The Forced War: When Peaceful Revision Failed and other works in the German and English languages. He was antisemitic, maintained a close association with various neo-Nazi groups, chose a publishing house run by an unregenerate Nazi, and e... |
4644269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20XXIV | WrestleMania XXIV | WrestleMania XXIV was the 24th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on March 30, 2008, at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Flori... |
4644691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal%20issues%20in%20airsoft | Legal issues in airsoft | Airsoft is a sport in which players use airsoft guns to fire plastic projectiles at other players in order to eliminate them. Due to the often-realistic appearance of airsoft guns and their ability to fire projectiles at relatively high speeds, laws have been put in place in many countries to regulate both the sport of... |
4644998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoo%20Supergroup | Karoo Supergroup | The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert. The supergroup consists of a sequence of units, mostly of nonmarine origin, deposited between the Late Carboniferous and Early Jurassic, a period of about 120 million years.
In southern Africa, rocks of the Karoo Sup... |
4645567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Peabody%20%26%20Sherman | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a 2014 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, PDI/DreamWorks, and Bullwinkle Studios, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film is based on characters from the Peabody's Improbable History segments of the animated television series The Adventures of ... |
4645687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Metro%20Vancouver | Demographics of Metro Vancouver | The demographics of Metro Vancouver indicate a multicultural and multiracial region. Metro Vancouver is a metropolitan area, with its major urban centre being Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver census metropolitan area, as defined by Statistics Canada, encompasses roughly the same territory as the Metro... |
4645722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20of%20Sciences%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union | The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991. It united the country's leading scientists and was subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union).
In 1991... |
4645802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%20dynasty | Superman dynasty | The Superman dynasty, an extension of the House of El, is a lineage of DC Comics superheroes. The term is used for the descendants of Kal-El, the original Superman, who continue to uphold his legacy of heroism well into the 853rd century, as depicted in the DC One Million crossover. Repeated references to members of th... |
4646584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/374th%20Airlift%20Wing | 374th Airlift Wing | The 374th Airlift Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force. It is stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It is part of Pacific Air Forces. The 374th Airlift Wing is the only airlift wing in PACAF and provides airlift support to all Department of Defense agencies in the Pacific theater of... |
4647200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie%20%28DJ%29 | Fergie (DJ) | Robert Ferguson (born 16 November 1979), known professionally as Fergie, is a Northern Irish DJ and electronic music artist from Larne. He has been an internationally touring DJ and a music producer for over 20 years. He presented a radio show on BBC Radio 1 for over four years while recording 13 Essential Mixes for th... |
4647220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20multiple%20discoveries | List of multiple discoveries | Historians and sociologists have remarked the occurrence, in science, of "multiple independent discovery". Robert K. Merton defined such "multiples" as instances in which similar discoveries are made by scientists working independently of each other. "Sometimes," writes Merton, "the discoveries are simultaneous or alm... |
4647453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20Argentina | Cinema of Argentina | Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad.
The Argentine film industry has historically been one of the three most developed in Latin American cinema, along... |
4647872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspe | Caspe | Caspe is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon (Spain), seat of the comarca of Bajo Aragón-Caspe. As of 2018 it had a population of 9,525 inhabitants (INE 2018) and its municipality, of 503.33 km2, is the fourth largest in Aragon.
Caspe obtained the title of city in the... |
4648086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novated%20lease | Novated lease | A novated lease is a motor vehicle lease which has been novated, that is, the obligations in the contract have been transferred from one party to another.
A lease is novated with a three way agreement (Deed of novation) between the lessee, the lessor (usually a finance company), and a third party, under which all pa... |
4648229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Louis%20University%20%28Philippines%29 | Saint Louis University (Philippines) | Saint Louis University (; ) also referred to by its acronym SLU, is a private Catholic research basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baguio, Philippines. It was founded on December 1, 1911, by the CICM Missionaries.
Saint Louis University offers programs at ... |
4648344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%C5%A1an%20Bajevi%C4%87 | Dušan Bajević | Dušan "Duško" Bajević (, ; , Doúsan Báyevits; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time and has won more trophies than any other manager from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bajević spent the majority ... |
4648476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov%20Pass%20incident | Dyatlov Pass incident | The Dyatlov Pass incident (, ) was an event in which nine Soviet hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1 and 2, 1959, under uncertain circumstances. The experienced trekking group from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, led by Igor Dyatlov, had established a camp on the eastern slopes of Kholat Sya... |
4649205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman%20invasion%20of%20Ireland | Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland | The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanctioned by the papal bull Laudabiliter. At the time, Gaelic Ireland was made ... |
4649285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie%20Stone | Maggie Stone | Maggie Stone is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was portrayed by actress Elizabeth Hendrickson, who also portrayed Maggie's identical twin sister Frankie Stone. The character came to Pine Valley in 2002 after Frankie's death, and befriended Bianca Montgomery whilst investigati... |
4649515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping%20at%20the%20Tour%20de%20France | Doping at the Tour de France | There have been allegations of doping in the Tour de France since the race began in 1903. Early Tour riders consumed alcohol and used ether, among other substances, as a means of dulling the pain of competing in endurance cycling. Riders began using substances as a means of increasing performance rather than dulling th... |
4649626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental%20health%20in%20China | Mental health in China | Mental health in China is a growing issue. Experts have estimated that about 173 million people living in China are suffering from a mental disorder. The desire to seek treatment is largely hindered by China's strict social norms (and subsequent stigmas), as well as religious and cultural beliefs regarding personal rep... |
4649673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rethen | Rethen | Rethen is a former municipality in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. The village was probably founded during the Saxon Wars of Charlemagne. In the Middle Ages, Rethen was a border town between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim and Diocese of Halberstadt. In 1974 Rethen and Eickhorst were incorporated into t... |
4650137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman%20Park | Kingman Park | Kingman Park is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., the United States capital city. Kingman Park's boundaries are 15th Street NE to the west; C Street SE to the south; Benning Road to the north; and Anacostia Park to the east. The neighborhood is composed primarily of two-story bri... |
4650669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek%20Raymond | Derek Raymond | Robert William Arthur Cook (12 June 1931 – 30 July 1994), better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being a founder of British noir.
Biography
Early life
The eldest son of a textile magnate, Cook spent his early years at the family's London house, off Baker... |
4652824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20X-Files%3A%20Resist%20or%20Serve | The X-Files: Resist or Serve | The X-Files: Resist or Serve is a 2004 survival horror game developed by Black Ops Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is based on the television series The X-Files (1993–2002), and is the third game based on the series, after The X-Files: Unrestricted Acc... |
4652926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Gwazi | Iron Gwazi | Iron Gwazi (formerly called Gwazi) is a steel-track hybrid roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, a theme park in Tampa, Florida, United States. Development of the original Gwazi began in July 1998, when Busch Gardens announced that it would build a wooden roller coaster on land formerly occupied by the Anheuser-B... |
4653020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American%20War%20campaigns | Mexican–American War campaigns | The following are synopsis of the campaigns of the Mexican–American War (1846—1848).
Introduction
The Mexican–American War (1846–48) was the U.S. Army's first experience waging an extended conflict in a foreign land. This brief war is often overlooked by casual students of history since it occurred so close to the Am... |
4653022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhard%20178 | Panhard 178 | The Panhard 178 (officially designated as Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935, 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan" was an advanced French reconnaissance 4x4 armoured car that was designed for the French Army Cavalry units before World War II. It had a crew of four and was equi... |
4653327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man%20%28Ultimate%20Marvel%20character%29 | Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character) | Spider-Man (Peter Parker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a modernized, alternate universe counterpart of Spider-Man who is in his youth, a superhero first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. The Ultimate version of the character originated in Ultimate Marvel,... |
4653534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20the%20United%20States%20during%20World%20War%20II | Military history of the United States during World War II | The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United States is generally considered to have entered the conflict with the 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and exited it w... |
4653545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calella | Calella | Calella is a municipality in the Maresme region of Spain, located 50 km from Barcelona, 50 km from Girona and 6 km from the Montnegre-Corredor Natural Park. It is known as the tourist capital of the Costa del Maresme and is characterized by being a cosmopolitan city with a typical Mediterranean climate.
Its urban lay... |
4653714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20carnivorous%20plants | List of carnivorous plants | This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species, of which more than 750 are currently recognised. Unless otherwise stated it is based on Jan Schlauer's Carnivorous Plant Database. Extinct taxa are denoted with a dagger (†).
Some of the species on this list may not sati... |
4653855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Dessay | Natalie Dessay | Natalie Dessay (; born 19 April 1965) is a French soprano, best known as an opera singer before her retirement from opera stage in 2013. She gained wide recognition after her portrayal of Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann in 1992, and then performing at leading stages, such as the Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera, and th... |
4653948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanochemistry | Nanochemistry | Nanochemistry is an emerging sub-discipline of the chemical and material sciences that deals with the development of new methods for creating nanoscale materials. The term "nanochemistry" was first used by Ozin in 1992 as 'the uses of chemical synthesis to reproducibly afford nanomaterials from the atom "up", contrary ... |
4654084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Robinson%20%28Neighbours%29 | Scott Robinson (Neighbours) | Scott Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours. He was created by Reg Watson as one of the serial's twelve original characters. Originally played by Darius Perkins, he made his debut during the first episode broadcast on 18 March 1985. Perkins was 20 years old when he recei... |
4654168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Robinson%20%28Neighbours%29 | Paul Robinson (Neighbours) | Paul Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, a long-running serial drama about social life in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. He is played by Stefan Dennis. Paul was created by producer Reg Watson as one of Neighbours' original characters. He debuted in th... |
4654357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinty%20%28comics%29 | Jinty (comics) | Jinty was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1974 to 1981, at which point it merged with Tammy. It had previously merged with Lindy and Penny in a similar fashion, illustrating the 'hatch-match-dispatch' process practiced by editorial staff in the London comics publisher.
As well as ... |
4655069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlin%20fishing | Marlin fishing | Marlin fishing or billfishing is offshore saltwater game fishing targeting several species of fast-swimming pelagic predatory fish with elongated rostrum collectively known as billfish, which include those from the families Istiophoridae (marlin, spearfish and sailfish) and Xiphiidae (swordfish). It is considered by so... |
4655178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership%20minyan | Partnership minyan | Partnership minyan (pl. partnership minyanim) is a religious Jewish prayer group that seeks to maximize women's participation in services within the confines of Jewish law as understood by Orthodox Judaism. This includes enabling women to lead parts of service, read from the Torah, serve in lay leadership positions, si... |
4655234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20Chamberlin | Clarence Chamberlin | Clarence Duncan Chamberlin (November 11, 1893 – October 31, 1976) was an American pioneer of aviation, being the second man to pilot a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to the European mainland, while carrying the first transatlantic passenger.
Early years
Clarence Duncan Chamberlin was born... |
4655742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economizer | Economizer | Economizers (US and Oxford spelling), or economisers (UK), are mechanical devices intended to reduce energy consumption, or to perform useful function such as preheating a fluid. The term economizer is used for other purposes as well. Boiler, power plant, heating, refrigeration, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVA... |
4655817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr. | Theodore Ginn Jr. (born April 12, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Chicago Bears.
Ginn played college football at Ohio State, and ... |
4655841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual%20servitude | Ritual servitude | Ritual servitude is a practice in Ghana, Togo, and Benin where traditional religious shrines (popularly called fetish shrines in Ghana) take human beings, usually young virgin girls, in payment for services or in religious atonement for alleged misdeeds of a family member. In Ghana and in Togo, it is practiced by the E... |
4655918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions | The traditional beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, including various ethnic religions. Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural and are passed down from one generation to another through folk tales, songs, and festivals, and include beliefs in spirits and higher and lower god... |
4655948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanute%20Air%20Force%20Base | Chanute Air Force Base | Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois, about south of Chicago. Its primary mission throughout its existence was Air Force technical training. Chanute Field was established on 21 May 1917, being on... |
4656021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes%20northiana | Nepenthes northiana | Nepenthes northiana , or Miss North's pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo, where it grows at elevations ranging from 0 to 500 m above sea level. The specific epithet northiana honours the English botanic illustrator Marianne North, who first depicted the species. Nepenthes northiana is one of t... |
4656117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldshut-Tiengen | Waldshut-Tiengen | Waldshut-Tiengen (; ), commonly known as Waldshut, is a city in southwestern Baden-Württemberg right at the Swiss border. It is the district seat and at the same time the biggest city in Waldshut district and a "middle centre" in the area of the "high centre" Lörrach/Weil am Rhein to whose middle area most towns and co... |
4656182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vukovar%20massacre | Vukovar massacre | The Vukovar massacre, also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre, was the killing of Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries, to whom they had been turned over by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), at the Ovčara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991, during the Croa... |
4656381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal%20%28Highlander%29 | Immortal (Highlander) | In the Highlander franchise, human beings born with the power of "the Quickening" become immortal if they suffer a premature death by unnatural means (such as by violence). After the First Death, they are ageless and invulnerable to death unless their head is removed or destroyed. From the time they are born, immortals... |
4656958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title%2018%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Code | Title 18 of the United States Code | Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure. In its coverage, Title 18 is similar to most U.S. state criminal codes, which typically are referred to by names such as Penal Code, Criminal Code, o... |
4657666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20transports%20of%20heads%20of%20state%20and%20government | Air transports of heads of state and government | Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets. One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force. ... |
4658186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9%20Thunder | K9 Thunder | The K9 Thunder is a South Korean 155 mm self-propelled howitzer designed and developed by the Agency for Defense Development and private corporations including Dongmyeong Heavy Industries, Kia Heavy Industry, Poongsan Corporation, and Samsung Aerospace Industries for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and is now manuf... |
4658214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya%20%281998%20film%29 | Satya (1998 film) | Satya () is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language crime film, produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma; written by Saurabh Shukla and Anurag Kashyap. It stars Urmila Matondkar, J. D. Chakravarthy and Manoj Bajpayee, alongside Saurabh Shukla, Aditya Shrivastava and Paresh Rawal. It is the first of Varma's Gangster trilogy about ... |
4658357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2/3rd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 2/3rd Battalion (Australia) | The 2/3rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised for service during the Second World War as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), it was formed in October 1939 in Sydney and was attached to the 16th Brigade, 6th Division, the first formation raised as part of the 2nd AIF du... |
4658644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise%20architecture%20framework | Enterprise architecture framework | An enterprise architecture framework (EA framework) defines how to create and use an enterprise architecture. An architecture framework provides principles and practices for creating and using the architecture description of a system. It structures architects' thinking by dividing the architecture description into doma... |
4658935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2/5th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 2/5th Battalion (Australia) | The 2/5th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that operated during World War II. It was raised at Melbourne, Victoria, on 18 October 1939 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), attached to the 17th Brigade of the 6th Division. The 2/5th was one of only two Australian infantry ... |
4659157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Pietro%2C%20Perugia | San Pietro, Perugia | The basilica di San Pietro is a Catholic basilica and abbey in the Italian city of Perugia. Its bell tower, standing at 70 meters tall, is the tallest structure in Perugia and is one of the city's most significant symbols. It is an Italian national monument
History
The abbey of San Pietro was built around the year 99... |
4659200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Saw | Battle of the Saw | The Battle of the Saw was the culminating battle of a campaign fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca and a rebel force led by Spendius in 238BC in what is now northern Tunisia. Carthage was fighting a coalition of mutinous soldiers and rebellious African cities in the Mercenary War which had started ... |
4659487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoko%20Didiza | Thoko Didiza | Angela Thokozile Didiza (; born 2 June 1965) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development since May 2019. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs from June 1999 to May 2006 and Minister ... |
4660041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Warburton | Adrian Warburton | Adrian "Warby" Warburton, (10 March 1918 – 12 April 1944) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He became legendary in the RAF for his role in the defence of Malta and was described by the then Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, as "the most ... |
4660185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20C | Paul C | Paul C. McKasty (September 20, 1964July 17, 1989), better known as Paul C, was an East Coast hip hop pioneer, producer, engineer, and mixer in the 1980s. Before his death on July 17, 1989, McKasty gained recognition for his work with notable artists such as Devo, Organized Konfusion, Kwamé, Queen Latifah, Biz Markie, U... |
4660328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt%20Centennials | Merritt Centennials | The Merritt Centennials are a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Merritt, British Columbia. They are members of the Interior Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). The franchise was established in Kamloops in 1961 and moved to White Rock in 1973 when the WCHL's Vancouver Nats moved to Kamloops and beca... |
4660865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20the%20Romani%20people | Flag of the Romani people | The Romani flag or the flag of the Roma (, or O romanko flako) is the international ethnic flag of the Romani people, historically known as "Gypsies", which form a stateless minority in countries across Eurasia, Africa, the Americas, and Australasia. It was approved by the representatives of various Romani communities ... |
4661323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum%20of%20Fine%20Arts%2C%20Houston | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020, it is the 12th largest art museum in the world based on squar... |
4661526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%20%28surname%29 | Brooks (surname) | Brooks is thought to have been derived from both the Swedish surname Bäckland, (bäck, "brook", "stream") and lund ("grove"); and in English, Gaelic and Scottish from "of the brook". The word brook derives from the Old English broc and appears in the Medieval predecessors of Brooks (Ate-Broc and Atte-Broc). The surname ... |
4661564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS%20FAR%20%28football%20club%29 | AS FAR (football club) | Association sportive des Forces armées royales (, ), commonly known as AS FAR (), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's capital Rabat, that competes in Botola, the top tier of Moroccan football.
The club was founded in 1958, 3 years after Morocco had gained their independence and is one of the most famous fo... |
4661937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon%20Roy | Brandon Roy | Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player. He serves as the head coach of the boys' basketball team at Garfield High School in Seattle. Roy played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves. He was s... |
4662339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM%20%28radio%20program%29 | AM (radio program) | AM is an Australian radio program.
It is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current affairs radio program, aired each morning on both the ABC Radio National and ABC Local Radio networks.
First broadcast on 4 September 1967, AM is one of Australia's longest-running radio programs.
History
20th centur... |
4662360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe%20of%20Kingdom%20Hearts | Universe of Kingdom Hearts | The Kingdom Hearts video game series, developed by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney, is set in a universe consisting of numerous self-contained worlds based on intellectual properties from both companies. Most worlds are based on different Disney films, although several original worlds also appear.
The series ... |
4662411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-musha | Onna-musha | Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan. These women fought in battle alongside samurai men. They were members of the bushi (warrior) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war. They also have an importa... |
4662457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome%20Charyn | Jerome Charyn | Jerome Charyn (born May 13, 1937) is an American writer. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life, writing in multiple genres.
Michael Chabon calls him "one of the most important writers in Ameri... |
4663121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Krasna | Norman Krasna | Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director who penned screwball comedies centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, ... |
4663436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender%20Scare | Lavender Scare | The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century. It contributed to and paralleled the anti-communist campaign which is known as McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare. Gay men and lesbians we... |
4664142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 45th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 11 and 12 June 1977. The second year of the FIA Group 5 and Group 6 regulations, it produced an exciting race right up to the end.
Porsche had withdrawn from the Group 6 Championship, citing a lack of broad competition. Renault, before... |
4664143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20Interscholastic%20League%20events | List of University Interscholastic League events | The University Interscholastic League, the main governing body for academic, athletic, and music competition among public schools in the U.S. state of Texas, sanctions many events for students in grades 2 to 12.
Competition in grades 2–8 is limited to district only. Competition in grades 9–12 advances (in most cases)... |
4665000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe%20%28opera%29 | Ivanhoe (opera) | Ivanhoe is a romantic opera in three acts based on the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Julian Sturgis. It premiered at the Royal English Opera House on 31 January 1891 for a consecutive run of 155 performances, a record for a grand opera. Later that year it was perfor... |
4665199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20competence | Cultural competence | Cultural competence, also known as intercultural competence, is a range of cognitive, affective, behavioural, and linguistic skills that lead to effective and appropriate communication with people of other cultures. Intercultural or cross-cultural education are terms used for the training to achieve cultural competence... |
4665249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio%20Regional%20de%20Antofagasta | Estadio Regional de Antofagasta | Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, officially Estadio Regional Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñan de Antofagasta, (Spanish: ) is a sport facilities complex located in Antofagasta, Chile. The municipality of Antofagasta is the owner of the building and it used to host sports events such as cultural events and entertainment eve... |
4665571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%20Creed | Apollo Creed | Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the Rocky films, played by Carl Weathers. He played in the series' first four films, serves as the main antagonist in Rocky and Rocky II, and became one of the protagonists in Rocky III and Rocky IV. The character was inspired by the real-life boxer champion Muhammad Ali, havi... |
4665738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia%20Albertina%2C%20Abbess%20of%20Quedlinburg | Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg | Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (Sophia Maria Lovisa Fredrika Albertina; 8 October 1753 – 17 March 1829) was the last Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, and as such reigned as vassal monarch of the Holy Roman Empire.
Sophia Albertina was the daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussi... |
4665940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waibaidu%20Bridge | Waibaidu Bridge | The Waibaidu Bridge (), called the Garden Bridge in English, is the first all-steel bridge, and the only surviving example of a camelback truss bridge, in China. The present bridge is the fourth Western-designed bridge built at its location since 1856, in the downstream of the estuary of the Suzhou Creek (formerly know... |
4666191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%20TV%20%28season%209%29 | Mad TV (season 9) | The ninth season of MADtv aired from September 13, 2003, to May 22, 2004, with 25 episodes.
Season summary
After Debra Wilson left the show at the end of last season, season nine was the first without any original cast members. Former featured players Ike Barinholtz, Josh Meyers, Ron Pederson, and Paul Vogt were upgra... |
4666195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Baseball%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20balloting | 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting | Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2007 proceeded according to revised rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, resulting in the induction of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr.
The Veterans Committee held an election with two b... |
4666217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee%20engagement | Employee engagement | Employee engagement is a fundamental concept in the effort to understand and describe, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the nature of the relationship between an organization and its employees. An "engaged employee" is defined as one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive... |
4666577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20Bridge | Garden Bridge | The Garden Bridge project was an unsuccessful private proposal for a pedestrian bridge over the River Thames in London, England. Originally an idea of Joanna Lumley, and strongly supported by then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the designer Thomas Heatherwick worked with Arup Group on a proposal by Transport for London... |
4667059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%20at%20the%20Cricket%20World%20Cup | India at the Cricket World Cup | India has won the Cricket World Cup two times, in 1983 and 2011. India also finished as runners-up in 2003. India is currently participating in the ongoing 2023 Cricket World Cup.
History
India has participated in every edition of the tournament since 1975. India first won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, under the captain... |
4667110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20Opal%20Mehta%20Got%20Kissed%2C%20Got%20Wild%2C%20and%20Got%20a%20Life | How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life | How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life is a young adult novel by Kaavya Viswanathan, written just after she graduated from high school. Its 2006 debut was highly publicized while she was enrolled at Harvard University, but the book was withdrawn after it was discovered that portions had been plagiarized fr... |
4667517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20ring%20%28DC%20Comics%29 | Power ring (DC Comics) | A power ring is an object featured in American comic books published by DC Comics. The power ring first appeared in All-American Comics #16 on July 14, 1940.
Green Lantern Corps
The first appearance of a power ring was in All-American Comics #16 on July 14, 1940, the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American... |
4667849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man%203%20%28video%20game%29 | Spider-Man 3 (video game) | Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 action-adventure game based on the 2007 film of the same name. The game is the sequel to 2004's Spider-Man 2, itself based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance on May 4, 2007, a... |
4668329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastar | Dastar | A dastār (, from ; dast or "hand" with the agentive suffix -ār; also known as a ਪੱਗ paga or ਪੱਗੜੀ pagaṛī in Punjabi) is an item of headwear associated with Sikhism, and is an important part of Sikh culture. The word is loaned from Persian through Punjabi. In Persian, the word dastār can refer to any kind of turban and ... |
4668387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacks%20at%20the%20Massachusetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology | Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are practical jokes and pranks meant to prominently demonstrate technical aptitude and cleverness, and/or to commemorate popular culture and historical topics. The pranks are anonymously installed at night by hackers, usually, but not exclusively, undergraduate student... |
4668878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Sindh | History of Sindh | The history of Sindh refers to the history of the Pakistani province of Sindh, as well as neighboring regions that periodically came under its sway.
Sindh was the site of one of the Cradle of civilizations, the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilisation that flourished from about 3000 B.C. and declined rapidly 1,000 years l... |
4668967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslofjord%20Tunnel | Oslofjord Tunnel | The Oslofjord Tunnel () is a subsea road tunnel which traverses the Oslofjord, connecting Hurum and Frogn in Norway. Carrying three lanes, the long tunnel reaches a depth of below mean sea level. The tunnel has a maximum gradient of seven percent. It acts as the main link connecting eastern and western Viken county, ... |
4668970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20of%20Steel%20%28comics%29 | The Man of Steel (comics) | The Man of Steel is a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the DC Comics character Superman. Written and drawn by John Byrne, the series was presented in six issues which were inked by Dick Giordano. The series told the story of Superman's modern origin, which had been rebooted following the 1985–1986 series Crisis... |
4669257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLS%20%28complexity%29 | PLS (complexity) | In computational complexity theory, Polynomial Local Search (PLS) is a complexity class that models the difficulty of finding a locally optimal solution to an optimization problem. The main characteristics of problems that lie in PLS are that the cost of a solution can be calculated in polynomial time and the neighborh... |
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