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4670351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus%20%28film%29 | Herostratus (film) | Herostratus is a 1967 drama film directed and produced by Don Levy, with the assistance of James Quinn. The film follows a young poet named Max (Michael Gothard), who out of ennui and a desire for fame arranges with the marketer Farson (Peter Stephens) to commit suicide in public. Farson agrees to turn his suicide into... |
4670556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary-screw%20compressor | Rotary-screw compressor | A rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor, such as an air compressor, that uses a rotary-type positive-displacement mechanism. These compressors are common in industrial applications and replace more traditional piston compressors where larger volumes of compressed gas are needed, e.g. for large refrigerati... |
4670581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon%20taylori | Agkistrodon taylori | Agkistrodon taylori is a species of venomous snake, a pitviper (Crotalinae) found only in northeastern Mexico. The standardized names are Taylor's cantil (English) and Metapil (Spanish), although it is sometimes called the ornate cantil as well as several other colloquial names. It was named in honor of American herpet... |
4670679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiichiro%20Toyoda | Kiichiro Toyoda | was a Japanese businessman and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacture into automobile manufacturing created what would become Toyota Motor Corporation.
Toyoda Loom Works and Toyota Motor Corporation
Kiichiro Toyoda persuaded his father... |
4670717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%932006%20Thai%20political%20crisis | 2005–2006 Thai political crisis | In 2005 and 2006, a series of events occurred in Thailand as a result of public anger with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra that was supported by Sondhi Limthongkul and his coalitions. It led a military coup that concluded in the overthrow of the Thai Rak Thai government in September 2006, the flight of Thaksin after ... |
4670911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan%20of%20Selangor | Sultan of Selangor | Sultan of Selangor (سلطان سلاڠور) is the title of the constitutional ruler of Selangor, Malaysia who is the head of state and head of the Islamic religion in Selangor. The current monarch, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ascended the throne on the death of his father, on 22 November 2001.
History
1743–1766: Pre-formati... |
4671451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin%20Collins | Quentin Collins | Quentin Collins is the name of several characters featured in the 1966–1971 ABC cult TV Gothic horror-soap opera Dark Shadows. Variations of the character have been played by actor David Selby.
Quentin I
The first Quentin Collins is actually the third one shown in the TV series. This version of Quentin was first intr... |
4671959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittor%20Fort | Chittor Fort | The Chittorgarh (literally Chittor Fort), also known as Chittod Fort, is one of the largest forts in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fort was the capital of Mewar and is located in the present-day city of Chittorgarh. It sprawls over a hill in height spread over an area of above the plains of the valle... |
4672294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit%20grammar | Sanskrit grammar | The grammar of the Sanskrit language has a complex verbal system, rich nominal declension, and extensive use of compound nouns. It was studied and codified by Sanskrit grammarians from the later Vedic period (roughly 8th century BCE), culminating in the Pāṇinian grammar of the 4th century BCE.
Grammatical tradition
O... |
4672753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV%20Sport | ITV Sport | ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV. It was formed following the merger between Granada Sport and Central Sport.
The majority of ITV Sport programmes are broadcast on ITV4 although live football, major horse racing events and the Rugby World Cup are shown on the ITV Network (ITV1, STV and UTV).
The director of ITV ... |
4673045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Lee%20%28army%20captain%29 | Thomas Lee (army captain) | Thomas Lee (1551/2 – 14 February 1601) was an English army captain, who served under Queen Elizabeth I and spent most of his career in Ireland during the Tudor conquest of that country. Although of middle rank, he played a turbulent role in the factional politics of the time and was highly active during the Nine Years'... |
4673760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny%20Humphrey | Jenny Humphrey | Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is one of the characters in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. She is portrayed by Taylor Momsen in the Gossip Girl television adaptation on The CW.
Novel series
Gossip Girl
Jennifer Humphrey is the daughter of Rufus Humphrey, an editor of Beat poe... |
4674007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharei%20Mot | Acharei Mot | Acharei Mot (also Aharei Mot, Aharei Moth, or Acharei Mos, , "after (the) death") is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It is the sixth weekly portion (, parashah) in the Book of Leviticus, containing Leviticus 16:1–18:30. It is named after the fifth and sixth Hebrew words of the... |
4674266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreation%20Ground%2C%20Bath | Recreation Ground, Bath | The Recreation Ground (commonly the Rec) is a large open space in the centre of Bath, England, next to the River Avon, which is available to be used by permission from the Recreation Ground Trust for recreational purposes by the public at large but particularly the people of Bath and surrounding areas.
About a quarter... |
4674483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic%20groups%20in%20Cambodia | Ethnic groups in Cambodia | The largest of the ethnic groups in Cambodia are the Khmer, who comprise approximately 90% of the total population and primarily inhabit the lowland Mekong subregion and the central plains. The Khmer historically have lived near the lower Mekong River in a contiguous arc that runs from the southern Khorat Plateau where... |
4674998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borodino-class%20battlecruiser | Borodino-class battlecruiser | The Borodino-class battlecruisers () were a group of four battlecruisers ordered by the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I. Also referred to as the Izmail class, they were laid down in late 1912 at Saint Petersburg for service with the Baltic Fleet. Construction of the ships was delayed by a lack of capacity amon... |
4675301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymouria | Seymouria | Seymouria is an extinct genus of seymouriamorph from the Early Permian of North America and Europe. Although they were amphibians (in a biological sense), Seymouria were well-adapted to life on land, with many reptilian features—so many, in fact, that Seymouria was first thought to be a primitive reptile. It is primari... |
4675461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles%20of%20Ancient%20Darkness | Chronicles of Ancient Darkness | Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is a series of historical fantasy novels by the British author Michelle Paver; her first books for children. The books chronicle the adventures of Torak, an adolescent boy, and his friends Renn and Wolf. The main story arc revolves around Torak and his quest to defeat the Soul Eaters, a g... |
4675514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbospondylus | Cymbospondylus | Cymbospondylus (meaning "cupped vertebrae") is an extinct genus of large ichthyosaurs that lived in the Middle Triassic (Anisian), in what are now North America and Europe. The taxon was erected by Joseph Leidy in 1868 on the basis of vertebrae discovered in Nevada, before subsequent research found more complete fossil... |
4675880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore%20Komnenos%20Doukas | Theodore Komnenos Doukas | Theodore Komnenos Doukas (, Theodōros Komnēnos Doukas, Latinized as Theodore Comnenus Ducas, died 1253) was the ruler of Epirus and Thessaly from 1215 to 1230 and of Thessalonica and most of Macedonia and western Thrace from 1224 to 1230. He was also the power behind the rule of his sons John and Demetrios over Thessa... |
4676018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas%20Edin | Niklas Edin | Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bro... |
4676259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuz%C5%8D%20Iwamoto | Tetsuzō Iwamoto | Lieutenant Junior Grade was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) fighter pilots. He entered the Imperial Navy in 1934 and completed pilot training in December 1936. His first combat occurred over China in early 1938. He emerged as one of the top aces of the Imperial Japan duri... |
4676852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Cry%20Campaign | Battle Cry Campaign | The Battle Cry Campaign was an organizing initiative of a now-defunct parachurch organization known as Teen Mania Ministries. This initiative, started in 2005 and headed by Teen Mania founder Ron Luce, had an evangelical Christian orientation; it primarily sought to influence American and Canadian social and political... |
4677089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess%20Cecilie%20of%20Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Duchess Cecilie Auguste Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) was the last German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, the son of German Emperor Wilhelm II.
Cecilie was a daughter of Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ... |
4677189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing%20laws%20by%20country | Clothing laws by country | Clothing laws vary considerably around the world. In most countries, there are no laws which prescribe what clothing is required to be worn. However, the community standards of clothing are set indirectly by way of prosecution of those who wear something that is not socially approved. Those people who wear insufficient... |
4677415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynous%20Peripheral%20Attach%20System | Androgynous Peripheral Attach System | The terms Androgynous Peripheral Attach System (APAS), Androgynous Peripheral Assembly System (APAS) and Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) are used interchangeably to describe a Russian family of spacecraft docking mechanisms, and are also sometimes used as generic names for any docking system in that family... |
4677443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%E2%80%93Iran%20relations | France–Iran relations | French–Iranian relations are the international relations between France and Iran. Iran has generally enjoyed a friendly relationship with France since the Middle Ages. The travels of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier are particularly well known to Safavid Persia. France has an embassy in Tehran and Iran has an embassy in Paris.... |
4677546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud%20March%20%28suffragists%29 | Mud March (suffragists) | The United Procession of Women, or Mud March as it became known, was a peaceful demonstration in London on 9 February 1907 organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) in which more than 3,000 women marched from Hyde Park Corner to the Strand in support of women's suffrage. Women from all class... |
4677572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabancos%20%28river%29 | Trabancos (river) | The Trabancos is a river in Spain that flows between the Zapardiel and the Guareña rivers, and is a tributary of the Duero river. The source of the Trabancos is in Moraña, a region in the north of the province of Ávila, near Blascomillán. The Trabancos is at an elevation of approximately , is approximately long and, a... |
4677724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Bigger%20Bang%20Tour | A Bigger Bang Tour | A Bigger Bang was a worldwide concert tour by the Rolling Stones which took place between August 2005 and August 2007, in support of their album A Bigger Bang. At the time, it was the highest grossing tour of all time, earning $558,255,524. It has since been surpassed by U2's 2009–11 U2 360 Tour, placing second . The t... |
4677785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Johnson%20%28sports%20executive%29 | Don Johnson (sports executive) | Donald Stewart Johnson (March 25, 1930May 12, 2012) was a Canadian sports executive. He was elected president of the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association (NAHA) in 1966, sought to expand minor ice hockey in Newfoundland and negotiated for the NAHA to become a member of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA).... |
4677863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20FC | Toronto FC | Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO Field, located at Exhibition Place on Toronto's shoreline west of Downtown Tor... |
4678309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaysuma%20Saidy%20Ndure | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. He is of Serer heritage of the noble Ndure family. In 2002, he went to Oslo, aged 18 and settled with his father who has lived in Norway since the 1970s. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds Norwegian records in th... |
4678739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20mapping%20engine | Structure mapping engine | In artificial intelligence and cognitive science, the structure mapping engine (SME) is an implementation in software of an algorithm for analogical matching based on the psychological theory of Dedre Gentner. The basis of Gentner's structure-mapping idea is that an analogy is a mapping of knowledge from one domain (th... |
4678971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20the%20Lion%20%28MGM%29 | Leo the Lion (MGM) | Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and one of its predecessors, Goldwyn Pictures. The logo was created by artist Lionel S. Reiss, who served as art director at Paramount Pictures.
Since 1917, and through the time the studio was formed by the merger of Samuel Goldwyn's studio w... |
4680415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam-assisted%20gravity%20drainage | Steam-assisted gravity drainage | Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD; "Sag-D") is an enhanced oil recovery technology for producing heavy crude oil and bitumen. It is an advanced form of steam stimulation in which a pair of horizontal wells is drilled into the oil reservoir, one a few metres above the other. High pressure steam is continuously injec... |
4680513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona%20%28fictional%20world%29 | Corona (fictional world) | Corona is the name of the fantasy world in which R.A. Salvatore's The DemonWars Saga, The Highwayman and The Coven series are all set.
Geography
It can be noted that the world of Corona bears a striking resemblance to Eastern Canada. Major rivers as well as landmasses are shown. The area titled as Alpinador is in the ... |
4680975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Song%20%28politician%29 | Li Song (politician) | Li Song () (died December 12, 948), nickname Dachou (), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period states Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han, as well as the Khitan-led Liao dynasty. He was particularly prominent during Later Jin, when he served as chief of staff (Shumishi) and chancellor. ... |
4681032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank%20Skinner | Hank Skinner | Henry Watkins Skinner (April 4, 1962 – February 16, 2023) was an American death row inmate in Texas. In 1995, he was convicted of bludgeoning to death his live-in girlfriend, Twila Busby, and stabbing to death her two adult sons, Randy Busby and Elwin Caler. On March 24, 2010, twenty minutes before his scheduled execut... |
4681165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon%20handcart%20pioneers | Mormon handcart pioneers | The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah, who used handcarts to transport their belongings. The Mormon handcart movement began in 1856 and continued until 1860.
Motivated to join their fellow churc... |
4681195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse%20of%20the%20Starving%20Class | Curse of the Starving Class | Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Some critics consider it part of a Family Trilogy that includes Buried Child (1979) and True West (1980). Others consider it part of a quintet that includes Fool for Love (1983) and A Lie of the Mind (1985). The ... |
4681653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 44th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1976. This year the FIA introduced its new Group 5 and Group 6 regulations and the race was now open to nine distinct classes, although it was still not part of the World Championship seasons.
Porsche introduced its new... |
4681887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20South%20India | Economy of South India | The economy of South India after independence in 1947 conformed to a socialist framework, with strict governmental control over private sector participation, foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). Through 1960–1990, South Indian economies experienced mixed economic growth. In the 1960s, Kerala achieved abov... |
4682065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20ovarian%20insufficiency | Primary ovarian insufficiency | Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) (also called premature ovarian insufficiency, premature menopause, and premature ovarian failure) is the partial or total loss of reproductive and hormonal function of the ovaries before age 40 because of follicular (egg producing area) dysfunction or early loss of eggs. POI can be s... |
4682118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Air%20Force%20Base | George Air Force Base | George Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California.
Established by the United States Army Air Corps as an Advanced Flying School in June 1941, it was closed at the end of Wor... |
4682602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20aid%20to%20Palestinians | International aid to Palestinians | International aid has been provided to Palestinians since at least the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The Palestinians view the aid as keeping the Israeli–Palestinian peace process going, while Israelis and other foreign policy authorities have raised concerns that it is used to fund terrorism and removes the imperative to Pal... |
4682782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20monetary%20theory | Modern monetary theory | Modern monetary theory or modern money theory (MMT) is a heterodox macroeconomic theory that describes currency as a public monopoly and unemployment as evidence that a currency monopolist is overly restricting the supply of the financial assets needed to pay taxes and satisfy savings desires. According to MMT, governm... |
4682805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingkang%20incident | Jingkang incident | The Jingkang Incident (), also known as the Humiliation of Jingkang () and the Disorders of the Jingkang Period (), was an episode of invasions and war crimes that took place in 1127 during the Jin–Song Wars when the forces of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty besieged and sacked the imperial palaces in Bianjing (present-day... |
4682892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender%20mainstreaming | Gender mainstreaming | Gender mainstreaming is the public policy concept of assessing the implications for people of different genders of a planned policy action, including legislation and programmes. Mainstreaming offers a pluralistic approach that values the diversity among people of different genders.
The concept of gender mainstreaming ... |
4683002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shedden%20massacre | Shedden massacre | The Shedden massacre involved the gang-related killing of eight men, whose bodies were found in a field five kilometres north of Shedden, a small village in the Canadian province of Ontario, on April 8, 2006. Four vehicles, with the bodies inside, were first discovered by a farmer. The day after the bodies were discove... |
4683275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaukkala | Klaukkala | Klaukkala (; , ) is the southern-most urban area () of the Nurmijärvi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland, located near Lake Valkjärvi. It is the largest urban area in Nurmijärvi, and despite the fact that it officially has the status of a village, it's often mistakenly thought to be a separate town due to its size and s... |
4683430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.300%20Winchester%20Magnum | .300 Winchester Magnum | The .300 Winchester Magnum (also known as .300 Win Mag or .300 WM) (7.62×67mmB, 7.62x66BR) is a belted, bottlenecked Magnum rifle cartridge that was introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963. The .300 Winchester Magnum is a magnum cartridge designed to fit in a standard rifle action. It is based on th... |
4683556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Strasser | Todd Strasser | Todd Strasser (born May 5, 1950) is an American writer of more than 140 young-adult and middle grade novels and many short stories and works of non-fiction, some written under the pen names Morton Rhue and T.S. Rue.
Biography
Strasser was born in New York City. He studied literature and creative writing at New York Un... |
4683689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit%20organization%20laws%20by%20jurisdiction | Nonprofit organization laws by jurisdiction | Laws regulating nonprofit organizations, nonprofit corporations, non-governmental organizations, and voluntary associations vary in different jurisdictions. They all play a critical role in addressing social, economic, and environmental issues. These organizations operate under specific legal frameworks that are regula... |
4684066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruan%20Ji | Ruan Ji | Ruan Ji (; 210–263), courtesy name Sizong (), was a Chinese musician and poet who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The guqin melody Jiukuang (酒狂 "Drunken Ecstasy", or "Wine Mad") is believed to have been composed by hi... |
4684264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pitchfork%20Disney | The Pitchfork Disney | The Pitchfork Disney is a 1991 stage play by Philip Ridley. It was his first professional stage work, having also produced work as a visual artist, novelist, filmmaker, and scriptwriter for film and radio. The play premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, UK in 1991 and was directed by Matthew Lloyd, who directed most ... |
4684699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20the%20Quran | Women in the Quran | Women in the Quran are important characters and subjects of discussion included in the stories and morals taught in Islam. Most of the women in the Quran are represented as either mothers or wives of leaders or prophets. They retained a certain amount of autonomy from men in some respects; for example, the Quran descri... |
4684993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%20League%E2%80%93Iran%20relations | Arab League–Iran relations | Arab League–Iran relations refer to the political, economic, and cultural ties between the League of Arab States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The former is a regional organization composed of 22 Arab states in MENA with a combined majority of Sunni Muslims, whereas the latter is a country in Western Asia with a ma... |
4685021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20in%20aviation | 2006 in aviation | This is a list of aviation-related events from 2006.
Deadliest crash
The deadliest crash of this year was Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612, a Tupolev Tu-154 which crashed near Sukha Balka, Ukraine on 22 August, killing all 170 people on board.
Events
The national airline of Ecuador, Ecuatoriana de Aviación, g... |
4685192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20alumni%20of%20Trinity%20College%2C%20Cambridge | List of alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge | This is a list of notable alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge. Some of the alumni noted are connected to Trinity through honorary degrees; not all studied at the college.
Politicians
Prime Ministers
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867–1947), Prime Minister 1923–24, 1924–29, 1935–37 (Conservative)
Ar... |
4685560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annot | Annot | Annot (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Annotains or Annotaines
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of c... |
4685661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang%20%28military%20officer%29 | Mustang (military officer) | Mustang is a military slang term used in the United States Armed Forces to refer to a commissioned officer who began their career as an enlisted service member. A mustang officer is not a temporary or brevet promotion but is a commissioned officer that receives the same pay and command responsibilities as all other com... |
4685697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Carpenter | Lou Carpenter | Lou Carpenter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Tom Oliver. He made his first screen appearance on 30 March 1988. Oliver appeared for a brief time, having been initially contracted for six months, before leaving and returning in January 1992 as a regular cast member. In 1996,... |
4685717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe%20starling | Hoopoe starling | The hoopoe starling (Fregilupus varius), also known as the Réunion starling or Bourbon crested starling, is a species of starling that lived on the Mascarene island of Réunion and became extinct in the 1850s. Its closest relatives were the also-extinct Rodrigues starling and Mauritius starling from nearby islands, and ... |
4685763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Karnataka | North Karnataka | North Karnataka is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consists of 13 districts. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhima, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra. North Karnataka lies within the Decc... |
4685886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky%20Mangel | Sky Mangel | Sky Mangel (also Bishop) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 1 February 1989. The character was originally played by Miranda Fryer until 1991. When Sky was reintroduced on 13 August 2003, Stephanie McIntosh took over th... |
4686432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Fraction | Matt Fraction | Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of The Invincible Iron Man, FF, The Immortal Iron Fist, Uncanny X-Men, and Hawkeye for Marvel Comics; Casanova and Sex Criminals for Image Comics; a... |
4686571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toadie%20Rebecchi | Toadie Rebecchi | Jarrod Vincenzo Rebecchi, commonly known as "Toadfish" or "Toadie", is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Ryan Moloney. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 23 January 1995. Toadie was created by writer Elizabeth Packett. Moloney had previously audi... |
4686666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20NASCAR%20Busch%20Series | 2004 NASCAR Busch Series | The 2004 NASCAR Busch Series began on February 14 and ended on November 20. Martin Truex Jr. of Chance 2 Motorsports won the championship.
2004 teams and drivers
Full schedule
Limited schedule
Henderson Motorsports (the No. 75 car, driven by Jay Sauter) and Henderson Racing (the No. 63 car, driven by Jimmy Henderso... |
4686718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20Seasons%20Arena | Four Seasons Arena | The Four Seasons Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and exhibition arena located in the city of Great Falls, Montana, in the United States. Constructed in 1979, it served primarily as an ice rink until 2005. The failure of the practice rink's refrigeration system in 2003 and the management's decision to close the m... |
4686852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Rite | Dominican Rite | The Dominican Rite is the unique liturgical rite of the Dominican Order in the Catholic Church. It has been classified differently by different sources – some consider it a usage of the Roman Rite, others a variant of the Gallican Rite, and still others a form of the Roman Rite into which Gallican elements were inserte... |
4687373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Touhy | Roger Touhy | Roger Touhy (September 18, 1898 – December 16, 1959) was an Irish American mob boss and prohibition-era bootlegger from Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. He is best remembered for having been framed by his rivals in Chicago organized crime for the fake 1933 kidnapping of Jewish-American organized crime figure an... |
4687712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20Dianne%20Brimble | Death of Dianne Brimble | Dianne Elizabeth Brimble (10 April 1960 – 24 September 2002) died aboard a P&O Cruises cruise ship of a drug overdose. She is alleged to have been neglected and received callous treatment at the hands of passengers, and to have been given the drug without her knowledge or consent. The investigation into her death has r... |
4687940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Village%20of%20the%20Illinois | Grand Village of the Illinois | The Grand Village of the Illinois, also called Old Kaskaskia Village, is a site significant for being the best documented historic Native American village in the Illinois River valley. It was a large agricultural and trading village of Native Americans of the Illinois confederacy, located on the north bank of the Illi... |
4688539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20newspaper%20publishing | History of newspaper publishing | The modern newspaper is a European invention. The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605. Typically, they were ... |
4689096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States%20and%20territories%20of%20Australia | States and territories of Australia | The states and territories are administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing polities with incomplete sovereignty (having ceded some sovereign rights to federation) and their ow... |
4689152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20rules%20football%20in%20England | Australian rules football in England | Australian rules football in England is a team sport and spectator sport with a long history. It is home to the longest running Australian rules fixture outside Australia, the match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities which has been contested annually since 1923. The current competitions originated in 1989 and ha... |
4689209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer%20in%20Australia | Soccer in Australia | Soccer, also known as football, is the most played outdoor club sport in Australia, and ranked in the top ten for television audience as of 2015. The national governing body of the sport is Football Australia (FA), which until 2019, organised the A-League Men, A-League Women, and still organises the Australia Cup, as w... |
4689264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia | Australia | Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest ... |
4689266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Giants | History of the New York Giants | The New York Giants, an American football team which currently plays in the National Football League (NFL)'s National Football Conference (NFC), has a history dating back more than 80 seasons, with 4 Super Bowl victories. The Giants were founded in 1925 by Tim Mara in the then five-year-old NFL. Mara owned the team unt... |
4689460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20%28state%29 | Victoria (state) | Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state, with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.7 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (29 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New ... |
4689517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%20Castle | Windsor Castle | Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history.
The original castle was built in the 11th century, after the Norman invasion of England by Willia... |
4689709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Howard | John Howard | John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having previously served as the treasurer of Australia from 1977 to 1983 under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. His ... |
4690150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20butterflies%20of%20Taiwan | List of butterflies of Taiwan | At least 377 species of butterfly have been recorded in Taiwan, with some reports putting the number at over 400. Of these, 56 species are endemic to the island. Taiwan is in the Indomalayan realm.
Following is a list of all butterflies found in Taiwan.
Family Hesperiidae
Subfamily Coeliadinae
Badamia exclamationi... |
4690382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking%20in%20Memphis | Walking in Memphis | "Walking in Memphis" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, for whom it remains his signature song. It received a Song of the Year nomination at the 34th Grammy Awards in 1992, the same year that the 32-year-old Cohn won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
The song's lyrics are ... |
4690528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%2C%20No | Caroline, No | "Caroline, No" is a song by American musician Brian Wilson that was released as his first solo record on March 7, 1966 and, two months later, reissued as the closing track on the Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds. Written with Tony Asher, the lyrics describe a disillusioned man who reflects on his former love interest and t... |
4690663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 43rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 14 and 15 June 1975.
Colloquially called the “Le Mans Economy Run”, stringent refuelling regulations were put in place. Unable to match the requisite 7mpg fuel economy the manufacturer teams from Ferrari, Alfa Romeo withdrew and Matra ... |
4690842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Lewis%20%28musician%29 | Henry Lewis (musician) | Henry Jay Lewis (October 16, 1932 – January 26, 1996) was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American instrumentalist in a major symphony orchestra and, later, the firs... |
4691113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle%20on%20Manchester | Miracle on Manchester | The Miracle on Manchester is the nickname given to a National Hockey League (NHL) playoff game between the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers that took place on April 10, 1982 in the league's 65th season. The game, the third in a best-of-five postseason series, was played at The Forum, the Kings' home arena at the t... |
4691244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle%20Robinson | Elle Robinson | Lucinda "Elle" Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Pippa Black. The character made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 19 September 2005. She was introduced as the daughter of established characters Paul (Stefan Dennis) and Gail Robin... |
4691699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinixt | Sinixt | The Sinixt (also known as the Sin-Aikst or Sin Aikst, "Senjextee", "Arrow Lakes Band", or—less commonly in recent decades—simply as "The Lakes") are a First Nations People. The Sinixt are descended from Indigenous peoples who have lived primarily in what are today known as the West Kootenay region of British Columbia i... |
4691701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping%20Chong | Ping Chong | Ping Chong (; born 1946) is an American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist. Born in Toronto and raised in the Chinatown section of Manhattan, Chong is a creator of and early pioneer in interdisciplinary theater work, and the integration of media into it. Chong is considered a se... |
4691835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Island%20Airways | British Island Airways | British Island Airways (BIA) was the legal successor to British United Island Airways (BUIA). It commenced operations under that name in mid-1970. Ten years later it merged with Air Anglia, Air Wales and Air Westward to form Air UK, at the time the United Kingdom's biggest regional airline and its third-largest schedul... |
4691838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Smith%20%28American%20football%2C%20born%201959%29 | Terry Smith (American football, born 1959) | Terry Michael Smith (born May 1959) is an American sportsman, known for his playing and coaching career in American football and baseball, and his ownership of professional sports teams.
After starting his playing career as a defensive back for American football franchise New England Patriots, Smith moved abroad to th... |
4692085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20the%20United%20States | Rugby union in the United States | Rugby union in the United States is played at youth, high school, college, amateur, professional, and international levels and governed by USA Rugby. There were over 125,000 players registered with USA Rugby as of 2016. Over 2,500 rugby union clubs exist around the country, including those who are part of college rugb... |
4692094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail%20Robinson%20%28Neighbours%29 | Gail Robinson (Neighbours) | Gail Lewis (also Robinson) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Fiona Corke. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 11 March 1987. Corke left the role in 1989, but made appearances in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She reprised the role in 2019, as Gail retur... |
4692159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due%20South%20characters | Due South characters | Due South is a Canadian crime series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano (seasons 1–2), Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and later Callum Keith Rennie (seasons 2–4). It ran f... |
4692179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-energy%20electron%20diffraction | Low-energy electron diffraction | Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) is a technique for the determination of the surface structure of single-crystalline materials by bombardment with a collimated beam of low-energy electrons (30–200 eV) and observation of diffracted electrons as spots on a fluorescent screen.
LEED may be used in one of two ways:
... |
4692387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene%20Robinson | Charlene Robinson | Charlene Robinson (also Mitchell) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Kylie Minogue. Charlene was introduced to the show along with several new characters, as part of a revamp by Network Ten to increase ratings. Minogue auditioned for the role in 1985, shortly after finishing he... |
4692621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Acre%20Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD%20School | Green Acre Baháʼí School | Green Acre Baháʼí School is a conference facility in Eliot, Maine, in the United States, and is one of three leading institutions owned by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States. The name of the site has had various versions of "Green Acre" since before its founding in 1894 by Sarah Farmer.... |
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