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4739163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby%20power | Standby power | Standby power, also called vampire power, vampire draw, phantom load, ghost load or leaking electricity refers to the way electric power is consumed by electronic and electrical appliances while they are switched off (but are designed to draw some power) or in standby mode. This only occurs because some devices claimed... |
4739509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20144 | Maryland Route 144 | Maryland Route 144 (MD 144) is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 40 (US 40) between Cumberland and Baltimore. Along with US 40 Scenic, US 40 Alternate, and a few sections of county-maintained highway, MD 144 is assigned to what was... |
4739545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhering%20Abbey | Wilhering Abbey | Wilhering Abbey () is a Cistercian monastery in Wilhering in Upper Austria, about 8 km (5 mi) from Linz. Stift Wilhering is the oldest Cistercian monastery in Upper Austria. The buildings, re-constructed in the 18th century, are known for their spectacular Rococo decoration.
History
The monastery was founded by Ulrich... |
4739591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo%20Messina%20Denaro | Matteo Messina Denaro | Matteo Messina Denaro (; ; 26 April 1962 – 25 September 2023), also known as Diabolik (from the Italian comic book character), was a Sicilian Mafia boss from Castelvetrano. He was considered to be one of the new leaders of the Sicilian mob after the arrests of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006 and Salvatore Lo Picco... |
4739611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic%20Egg | Cosmic Egg | Cosmic Egg is the second studio album by Australian rock band Wolfmother, released on 23 October 2009. It is the first album by the second lineup of the band, featuring vocalist, songwriter and lead guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Ian Peres, rhythm guitarist Aidan Nemeth and drummer Dave Atkins, for... |
4739983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20childhood%20intervention | Early childhood intervention | Early childhood intervention (ECI) is a support and educational system for very young children (aged birth to six years) who have been victims of, or who are at high risk for child abuse and/or neglect as well as children who have developmental delays or disabilities. Some states and regions have chosen to focus these ... |
4740018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization%20%28people%20with%20disabilities%29 | Normalization (people with disabilities) | "The normalization principle means making available to all people with disabilities patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to the regular circumstances and ways of life or society." Normalization is a rigorous theory of human services that can be applied to disability services... |
4740291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%2015 | Mark 15 | Mark 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter records the narrative of Jesus' passion, including his trial before Pontius Pilate and then his crucifixion, death and entombment. Jesus' trial before Pilate and his crucifixion, death, and burial are also r... |
4740405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaby%20Willis | Gaby Willis | Gaby Willis is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Rachel Blakely. The show's casting director spotted Blakely on the cover of a magazine and asked her to audition for the role of Gaby. Blakely received the part and she was introduced to the show during a period of roll... |
4740559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd%20Barrett | Syd Barrett | Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was the band's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing st... |
4740959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Fielding | Joseph Fielding | Joseph Fielding (March 26, 1797 – December 19, 1863) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as the second president of the British Mission (1838–1840), coordinating the activities of missionaries in sections of the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. He was the brother of Mary Fielding, the s... |
4740986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Willmarth | USS Willmarth | USS Willmarth (DE-638) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1968.
History
Willmarth was named in honor of Ensign Kenneth Willmarth (1914-1942), who was killed in action when the cruiser was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942. The ship was laid down o... |
4741170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungulate%20protoparvovirus%201 | Ungulate protoparvovirus 1 | Porcine parvovirus (PPV), a virus in the species Ungulate protoparvovirus 1 of genus Protoparvovirus in the virus family Parvoviridae, causes reproductive failure of swine characterized by embryonic and fetal infection and death, usually in the absence of outward maternal clinical signs. The disease develops mainly wh... |
4741467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliable%20Replacement%20Warhead | Reliable Replacement Warhead | The Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) was a proposed new American nuclear warhead design and bomb family that was intended to be simple, reliable and to provide a long-lasting, low-maintenance future nuclear force for the United States. Initiated by the United States Congress in 2004, it became a centerpiece of the p... |
4741586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakai%20Limited%20Footwear | Lakai Limited Footwear | Lakai Limited Footwear is an American footwear company based in Torrance, California, that creates shoes designed for and inspired by skateboarding. Lakai was founded in 1999 by the professional skateboarders Mike Carroll and Rick Howard, who co-founded Girl Skateboards.
History
Beginnings
Both Carroll and Howard de... |
4741728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20reconstruction | Internal reconstruction | Internal reconstruction is a method of reconstructing an earlier state in a language's history using only language-internal evidence of the language in question.
The comparative method compares variations between languages, such as in sets of cognates, under the assumption that they descend from a single proto-languag... |
4741957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring%20characters%20in%20the%20Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin%20series | Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series | This is a list of recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. As is noted in the articles about each novel, some of these characters are based on real historical persons, while others are purely fictional. Because there is an article describing each novel, links are made to those art... |
4742014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-ahead%20jazz | Straight-ahead jazz | Straight-ahead jazz is a genre of jazz that developed in the 1960s, with roots in the prior two decades. It omits the rock music and free jazz influences that began to appear in jazz during this period, instead preferring acoustic instruments, conventional piano comping, walking bass patterns, and swing- and bop-based ... |
4742053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton%20Gardens | Hamilton Gardens | Hamilton Gardens is a public garden park in the south of Hamilton owned and managed by Hamilton City Council in New Zealand. The 54-hectare park is based on the banks of the Waikato River and includes enclosed gardens, open lawns, a lake, a nursery, a convention centre and the Hamilton East Cemetery. It is the Waikato ... |
4742082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20Spanish%E2%80%93American%20War | Timeline of the Spanish–American War | The timeline of events of the Spanish–American War covers major events leading up to, during, and concluding the Spanish–American War, a ten-week conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States of America.
The conflict had its roots in the worsening socio-economic and military position of Spain after the Peninsul... |
4742322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Spanish | Dominican Spanish | Dominican Spanish () is Spanish as spoken in the Dominican Republic; and also among the Dominican diaspora, most of whom live in the United States, chiefly in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
Dominican Spanish, a Caribbean variety of Spanish, is based on t... |
4742725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2080%20in%20Alabama | U.S. Route 80 in Alabama | U.S. Route 80 (US 80) is a major U.S. Highway in the American state of Alabama. The Alabama Department of Transportation internally designates the majority of US 80 throughout the state as State Route 8 (SR 8), save for parts of the route throughout Selma and near the Mississippi border. Serving as the main east to we... |
4742808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target%20audience | Target audience | A target audience is the intended audience or readership of a publication, advertisement, or other message catered specifically to said intended audience. In marketing and advertising, it is a particular group of consumer within the predetermined target market, identified as the targets or recipients for a particular a... |
4743097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juqu%20Mengxun | Juqu Mengxun | Juqu Mengxun (; 368–433) was a king of the Xiongnu-led Chinese Northern Liang dynasty, and the first from the Juqu clan. His cousin Juqu Nancheng () and he initially supported Duan Ye as prince of Northern Liang in 397 after rebelling against Later Liang, but in 401, Juqu Mengxun tricked Duan Ye into wrongly executing ... |
4743361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA%20World%20Cup%20hosts | FIFA World Cup hosts | Eighteen countries have been FIFA World Cup hosts in the competition's twenty-two tournaments since the inaugural World Cup in 1930. The organization at first awarded hosting to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was controversial in the earliest tournaments, given the three-week boat jour... |
4743665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum%20%28software%20development%29 | Scrum (software development) | Scrum is an agile project management system commonly used in software development and other industries.
Scrum prescribes for teams to break work into goals to be completed within time-boxed iterations, called sprints. Each sprint is no longer than one month and commonly lasts two weeks. The scrum team assesses progre... |
4743980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip%20of%20the%20tongue | Tip of the tongue | Tip of the tongue (also known as lethologica) is the phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word or term from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent. The phenomenon's name comes from the saying, "It's on the tip of my tongue." The tip of the tongue phenomenon reveals that lexical a... |
4744384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20nature | Human nature | Human nature comprises the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or what it 'means' to be human. This usage has proven to be controversial in that there is dispute as... |
4744677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel%20%28The%20Little%20Mermaid%29 | Ariel (The Little Mermaid) | Ariel is a fictional character in the Walt Disney Pictures animated film The Little Mermaid (1989). Ariel is voiced by Jodi Benson in all official animated appearances. Ariel is the youngest daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of an underwater kingdom of merfolk called Atlantica. She is often rebellious, and in th... |
4744731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20for%20Contemporary%20Photography | Centre for Contemporary Photography | The Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, is a venue for the exhibition of contemporary photo-based arts, providing a context for the enjoyment, education, understanding and appraisal of contemporary practice.
History
Established in 1986 as the Victorian Centre for Photography (VC... |
4744869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel%3A%20Ultimate%20Alliance | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is a 2006 action role-playing video game, developed by Raven Software for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360, and published by Activision. The game was ported to the PlayStation Portable and Wii by Vicarious Visions, and to Microsoft Windows by Beenox. A different Game Boy Adv... |
4745780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Annapolis%20%28AGMR-1%29 | USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) | USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) was the former (ex-Sunset Bay) and a of the United States Navy.
Reclassified as AGMR-1 on 1 June 1963, renamed USS Annapolis on 22 June 1963, and then commissioned on 7 March 1964 with Captain John J. Rowan becoming its first commanding officer. Captain Rowan also served as the pre-commission... |
4745801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20Modern%20Romania | Early Modern Romania | The Early Modern Times in Romania started after the death of Michael the Brave, who ruled in a personal union, Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldaviathree principalities in the lands that now form Romania for three months, in 1600. The three principalities were subjected to the Ottoman Empire, and paid a yearly tribute ... |
4745930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th%20Attack%20Squadron | 111th Attack Squadron | The 111th Attack Squadron (111 ATKS) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard 147th Attack Wing located at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas. The 111th is equipped with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 111th Ae... |
4746031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Christian%20thought%20on%20persecution%20and%20tolerance | History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance | The history of Christian thought has included concepts of both inclusivity and exclusivity from its beginnings, that have been understood and applied differently in different ages, and have led to practices of both persecution and toleration. Early Christian thought established Christian identity, defined heresy, separ... |
4746042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonas%20Daukantas | Simonas Daukantas | Simonas Daukantas (; 28 October 1793 – 6 December 1864) was a Lithuanian/Samogitian historian, writer, and ethnographer. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian National Revival, he is credited as the author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language. Only a few of his works were pub... |
4746050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth%20Ainsworth | Gareth Ainsworth | Gareth Ainsworth (born 10 May 1973) is an English professional football manager and former player who last managed club Queens Park Rangers.
A former youth player at Blackburn Rovers, the midfielder, who was known for his crossing ability, moved to Preston North End in 1992 after impressing at non-League Northwich Vi... |
4746249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20live%20action%20role-playing%20games | History of live action role-playing games | Live action role-playing games, known as LARPs, are a form of role-playing game in which live players/actors assume roles as specific characters and play out a scenario in-character. Technically, many childhood games may be thought of as simple LARPs, as they often involve the assumption of character roles. However, th... |
4746504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlach | Shlach | Shlach, Shelach, Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh'lah L'kha ( or —Hebrew for "send," "send to you," or "send for yourself") is the 37th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Numbers. Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parashah, in Numb... |
4746813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking | An ethical bank, also known as a social, alternative, civic, or sustainable bank, is a bank concerned with the social and environmental impacts of its investments and loans. The ethical banking movement includes: ethical investment, impact investment, socially responsible investment, corporate social responsibility, an... |
4746838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron | The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was a large steel conglomerate founded by the merger of previous business interests in 1892. By 1903 it was mainly owned and controlled by John D. Rockefeller and Jay Gould's financial heirs. While it came to control many plants throughout the country, its main plant was a ste... |
4746907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist%20ethics | Buddhist ethics | Buddhist ethics are traditionally based on what Buddhists view as the enlightened perspective of the Buddha. The term for ethics or morality used in Buddhism is Śīla or sīla (Pāli). Śīla in Buddhism is one of three sections of the Noble Eightfold Path, and is a code of conduct that embraces a commitment to harmony and ... |
4747042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Lankan%20cricket%20team%20in%20England%20in%202006 | Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006 | Sri Lanka toured England for cricket matches during the 2006 international cricket season. England were back home for the first time since September and looked to maintain their Test standards, which saw them keep their second place in the ICC Test Championship in India, and the teams were also competing for sixth plac... |
4747165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley%20branch%20line | Henley branch line | The Henley branch line is a branch railway line between Twyford in Berkshire and Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It was built by the Great Western Railway in 1857. Train services are provided by the present day Great Western Railway train operating company.
The railway provides access to the River Thames and the Tham... |
4747302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokiri | Pokiri | Pokiri () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film was produced by Jagannadh and Manjula Ghattamaneni by their respective production companies Vaishno Academy and Indira Productions. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Ashish Vidy... |
4747726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20retronyms | List of retronyms | This is a list of retronyms used in the English language. A retronym is a newer name for an existing subject, that differentiates the original form or version from a subsequent one. Retronyms are typically used as a self-explanatory adjective for a subject.
Retronymic adjectives
Analog Describes non-digital devices:
... |
4747987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Foundation%20Pit | The Foundation Pit | The Foundation Pit () is a gloomy symbolic and semi-satirical novel by Andrei Platonov. The plot of the novel concerns a group of workers living in the early Soviet Union. They attempt to dig out a huge foundation pit on the base of which a gigantic house will be built for the country's proletarians. The workers dig ea... |
4748232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Xu%C3%A2n%20L%E1%BB%99c | Battle of Xuân Lộc | The Battle of Xuân Lộc () was the last major battle of the Vietnam War that took place at Xuân Lộc, Đồng Nai Province. Over a period of twelve days between 9 and 21 April 1975, the outnumbered South Vietnamese reserves attempted to stop the North Vietnamese forces from overunning the town and breaking through towards S... |
4748853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFM%20TV | BFM TV | BFM TV (, stylized as BFMTV) is a French news broadcast television and radio network, wholly owned by Altice Média. The flagship property of the Altice Média division of Altice France, its headquarters are located in Paris.
As the country's most-watched news channel with 10 million daily viewers, BFM TV "boasts a mark... |
4748941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic%20religion | Punic religion | The Punic religion, Carthaginian religion, or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the polytheistic ancient Canaanite religion. However, significant local differences developed over the centuries following the foundation of Carthage and other Pu... |
4749313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abney%20Park%20Chapel | Abney Park Chapel | Abney Park Chapel, is a Grade II Listed chapel, designed by William Hosking and built by John Jay that is situated in Europe's first wholly nondenominational cemetery, Abney Park Cemetery, London.
Opened in May, 1840, it was the first nondenominational cemetery chapel in Europe (and probably the world – since the chap... |
4749442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco%20N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez%20de%20Balboa | Vasco Núñez de Balboa | Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.
He traveled t... |
4749651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Greenwald | Glenn Greenwald | Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist, author, and former lawyer.
In 1996, Greenwald founded a law firm concentrating on First Amendment litigation. He began blogging on national security issues in October 2005, when he was becoming increasingly concerned with what he viewed as attacks ... |
4749755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Mafia%20Family | Black Mafia Family | The Black Mafia Family (BMF) was a drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the United States.
The Black Mafia Family was founded in 1985, in Southwest Detroit by brothers Demetrius Edward "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry Lee "Southwest Tee” Flenory, and by 2000 had established cocaine distribution sales t... |
4749992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggiatoa | Beggiatoa | Beggiatoa is a genus of Gammaproteobacteria belonging to the order Thiotrichales, in the Pseudomonadota phylum. This genus was one of the first bacteria discovered by Ukrainian botanist Sergei Winogradsky. During his research in Anton de Bary's laboratory of botany in 1887, he found that Beggiatoa oxidized hydrogen ... |
4750136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Vancouver | East Vancouver | East Vancouver (also called East Van or the East Side) is a region within the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Geographically, East Vancouver is bordered to the north by Burrard Inlet, to the south by the Fraser River, and to the east by the city of Burnaby. East Vancouver is divided from Vancouver's "West ... |
4750165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def%20Poetry%20Jam | Def Poetry Jam | Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on HBO between 2002 and 2007. The series features performances by established and up-and-coming spoken word poets. Performances also include special appearance... |
4750223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody%20Bones%20%28novel%29 | Bloody Bones (novel) | Bloody Bones is a horror/mystery novel by American writer Laurell K. Hamilton, the fifth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.
Plot introduction
Bloody Bones continues the adventures of Anita Blake. This time, Anita travels to Branson, Missouri and is quickly enmeshed in a series of supernatural murders an... |
4750398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.%20J.%20Tucker | P. J. Tucker | Anthony Leon "P. J." Tucker Jr. (born May 5, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. He was the 2008 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and Israeli Basketball Premier League F... |
4750487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acie%20Law | Acie Law | Acie Law IV (born January 25, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. In his four seasons at Texas A&M University, Law scored 1,653 points and was credited with 540 assists. Nicknamed "Captain Clutch" for his ability to take over the game late, Law is well known among Texas A&M Aggie basketball fans... |
4750533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANT%20Z.1007%20Alcione | CANT Z.1007 Alcione | The CANT Z.1007 Alcione (Kingfisher) was an Italian three-engined medium bomber, with wooden structure. Designed by Filippo Zappata, who also designed the CANT Z.506 it had "excellent flying characteristics and good stability" and was regarded by some as "the best Italian bomber of World War II" although its wooden ... |
4750738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20rights%20in%20Turkey | LGBT rights in Turkey | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Turkey face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, though the general climate for LGBT people is considered to be less repressive when compared to most other Muslim-majority countries.
In 1858, the Ottoman Empire—the predecessor of the modern-... |
4750752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Haddad | Diana Haddad | Diana Haddad (; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese actress, singer, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop musicians in the Arab World and has been so since the mid-1990s. Her debut album Saken (1996) was one o... |
4751050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20English%20cricket%20season | 2006 English cricket season | The 2006 English cricket season was the 107th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It included home international series for England against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England came off a winter with more Test losses than wins, for the first time since 2002-03, but still attained their best se... |
4751135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%20war%20crimes | Soviet war crimes | The war crimes and crimes against humanity which were perpetrated by the Soviet Union and its armed forces from 1919 to 1991 include acts which were committed by the Red Army (later called the Soviet Army) as well as acts which were committed by the country's secret police, NKVD, including its Internal Troops. In many ... |
4751227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian%20Gulf%20Residency | Persian Gulf Residency | The Persian Gulf Residency () was a subdivision of the British Empire from 1822 until 1971, whereby the United Kingdom maintained varying degrees of political and economic control over several states in the Persian Gulf, including what is today known as the United Arab Emirates (formerly called the "Trucial States") an... |
4751657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipstick%20feminism | Lipstick feminism | Lipstick feminism is a variety of feminism that seeks to embrace traditional concepts of femininity, including the sexual power of women, alongside traditional feminist ideas. The concept emerged within the third-wave as a response to ideals created by previous movements, where women felt that they could not both be fe... |
4751691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Baltimore | List of people from Baltimore | This is a list of famous or notable people who were born in or lived in Baltimore, Maryland.
A
Horace Abbott (1806–1887), born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, moved to Baltimore in 1836, iron manufacturer, supplied the armor for USS Monitor
Arunah Shepherdson Abell (1806–1888), born in East Providence, Rhode Island, foun... |
4751707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeland%20Provincial%20Park%20and%20Recreation%20Area | Lakeland Provincial Park and Recreation Area | Lakeland Provincial Park and Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area are located east of Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, in Lac La Biche County.
The park contains numerous lakes, such as Kinnaird, Jackson, McGuffin, Dabbs, Shaw, and Blackett, as well as many other smaller waterbodies. The Lakeland Provincial Recreation Are... |
4751928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emor | Emor | Emor (—Hebrew for "speak," the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 31st weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah describes purity rules for priests (, Kohanim), recounts the holy days, describes th... |
4752003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria%20Richardson | Gloria Richardson | Gloria Richardson Dandridge (born Gloria St. Clair Hayes; May 6, 1922 – July 15, 2021) was an American civil rights activist best known as the leader of the Cambridge movement, a civil rights action in the early 1960s in Cambridge, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore. Recognized as a major figure in the Civil Rights Movemen... |
4752195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Asia | Religion in Asia | Asia is the largest and most populous continent and the birthplace of many religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism. All major religious traditions are practiced in the region and new forms are constantly emerging. Asia is n... |
4752970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughgall%20ambush | Loughgall ambush | The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched an attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in the village. An IRA member drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket through the p... |
4752983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulothunga%20III | Kulothunga III | Kulothunga III was a Chola emperor who ruled from 1178 to 1218 CE, after succeeding his elder brother Rajadhiraja II. Kulothunga Chola III gained success in war against his traditional foes. He gained victories in war against the Hoysalas, Pandyas of Madurai, Cheras of Venad, the Sinhalese kings of Polonnaruwa, as wel... |
4753244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung%20Thye%20Phin | Chung Thye Phin | Chung Thye Phin (; 28 September 1879 – 2 April 1935) was a Chinese Malayan business magnate, planter, miner, bureaucrat, and philanthropist who served as the last Kapitan Cina of Perak and Malaya. He was reported to be the richest man in Penang.
The son of tin-mining magnate Chung Keng Quee, he was a pioneer in the ... |
4753359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology%20of%20autism | Epidemiology of autism | The epidemiology of autism is the study of the incidence and distribution of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A 2022 systematic review of global prevalence of autism spectrum disorders found a median prevalence of 1% in children in studies published from 2012 to 2021, with a trend of increasing prevalence over time. Ho... |
4753787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batopilas%2C%20Chihuahua | Batopilas, Chihuahua | Batopilas () is a small town, and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, located along the Batopilas River at the bottom of the Batopilas canyon, part of the Copper Canyon. As of 2010, the town of Batopilas had a population of 1,220. Its elevation above sea level is . ... |
4753885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20mining%20in%20Virginia | Gold mining in Virginia | Most gold mining in Virginia was concentrated in the Virginia Gold-Pyrite belt in a line that runs northeast to southwest through the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier, Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Orange, Louisa, Fluvanna, Goochland, Cumberland, and Buckingham. Some gold was also mined in Halifax, Flo... |
4754010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Augustine%27s%20College%2C%20Sydney | St Augustine's College, Sydney | St Augustine's College, Sydney is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex primary and secondary day school for boys, located in , on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school caters from approximately 1,200 boys in Year 5 to Year 12 with an education ethos of Augustinian. It was founded b... |
4754431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Roman%20Calendar | General Roman Calendar | The General Roman Calendar is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use. These celebrations are a fixed annual date, or occur on a particular day of the week. Examp... |
4754533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle%20counter | Particle counter | A particle counter is used for monitoring and diagnosing particle contamination within specific clean media, including air, water and chemicals. Particle counters are used in a variety of applications in support of clean manufacturing practices, industries include: electronic components and assemblies, pharmaceutical d... |
4754868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurana%20Kanan | Laurana Kanan | Laurana Kanan (also known as Lauralanthalasa Kanan), is a fictional character, one of the Heroes of the Lance in the Dragonlance fantasy series, written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, originally published by TSR, Inc. and later by Wizards of the Coast. One of the most beautiful women on all the world of Krynn, sh... |
4755179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Warsh | Kevin Warsh | Kevin Maxwell Warsh (born April 13, 1970) is an American financier and bank executive who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011.
During and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Warsh acted as the central bank's primary liaison to Wall Street and served as the Federal... |
4755415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 10 and 11 June 1972. It was the 40th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the ninth race of the 1972 World Championship for Makes.
1972 marked the start of a new era with revised FIA regulations dictating the demise ... |
4755432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Monger | Iron Monger | Iron Monger is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to use the alias is Obadiah Stane, who first appeared in Iron Man #163 (Oct. 1982). The Iron Monger armor first appeared in Iron Man #200 (Nov. 1985).
Obadiah Stane has appear... |
4755754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%20%28pinball%29 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (pinball) | Star Trek: The Next Generation is a widebody pinball game, designed by Steve Ritchie and released in November 1993 by Williams Electronics. It was part of WMS' SuperPin series (see also The Twilight Zone and Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure), and was based on the TV series. It is the only pinball machine that featu... |
4755911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20vegetable%20oils | List of vegetable oils | Vegetable oils are triglycerides extracted from plants. Some of these oils have been part of human culture for millennia. Edible vegetable oils are used in food, both in cooking and as supplements. Many oils, edible and otherwise, are burned as fuel, such as in oil lamps and as a substitute for petroleum-based fuels. S... |
4756214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison%20White | Harrison White | Harrison Colyar White (born March 21, 1930) is the emeritus Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. White played an influential role in the “Harvard Revolution” in social networks and the New York School of relational sociology. He is credited with the development of a number of mathematical models of s... |
4756231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20Eyes | Five Eyes | The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UK-USA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence. Informally, Five Eyes can also refer to the group of intelligen... |
4756542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Gaming%2C%20Liquor%20and%20Cannabis%20Commission | Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission | The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) is an agency of the government of the Canadian province of Alberta, and regulates alcoholic beverages, recreational cannabis, and gaming-related activities. References to cannabis were added to AGLC's name and governing legislation (without adding an extra "C" t... |
4756625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 39th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1971. It was the ninth round of the 1971 International Championship for Makes.
This year would be the swansong of the mighty 5-litre engines – the incoming regulations would put a 3-litre limit on engine capacity for Gr... |
4756642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Garden%20Tomb | The Garden Tomb | The Garden Tomb (Arabic: بستان قبر المسيح, Hebrew: גן הקבר, literally "the Tomb Garden") is a Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem that contains an ancient tomb, also named the Garden Tomb, considered by some Protestants to be the empty tomb from whence Jesus of Nazareth resurrected. This belief contrasts with an old... |
4756676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20invasion%20of%20Thailand | Japanese invasion of Thailand | The Japanese invasion of Thailand (, ; ) occurred on 8 December 1941. It was briefly fought between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Empire of Japan. Despite fierce fighting in Southern Thailand, the fighting lasted only five hours before ending in a ceasefire. Thailand and Japan then formed an alliance making Thailand ... |
4756819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspapers%20in%20Michigan | List of newspapers in Michigan | This is a list of newspapers in Michigan.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)
The Alcona Review - Harrisville
Cadence Newspaper - Ada
Access - Adrian
The Daily Telegram - Adrian
Michigan Christian Advocate - Adrian
Siena Heights University Spectra - Adrian
The Recorder - Albion
The Allegan County... |
4757039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20from%20London | The Man from London | The Man from London () is a 2007 Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky. It is an adaptation by Tarr and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai of the 1934 novel L'Homme de Londres by prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The film features an international ensemble cast including Czech actor ... |
4757213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20oscillation | Hunting oscillation | Hunting oscillation is a self-oscillation, usually unwanted, about an equilibrium. The expression came into use in the 19th century and describes how a system "hunts" for equilibrium. The expression is used to describe phenomena in such diverse fields as electronics, aviation, biology, and railway engineering.
Railway... |
4757827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dariush%20Mehrjui | Dariush Mehrjui | Dariush Mehrjui (; 8 December 1939 – 14 October 2023) was an Iranian filmmaker and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts.
Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s, which also included directors Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. His second film, The Cow, is considered to ... |
4758074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxne%20Hoard | Hoxne Hoard | The Hoxne Hoard ( ) is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth centuries found anywhere within the former Roman Empire. It was found by Eric Lawes, a metal detectorist in the village of Hoxne in Suffolk, England i... |
4758655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian%20Australians | Macedonian Australians | Macedonian Australians (Macedonian: Македонски Австралијанци) are Australian citizens of Macedonian descent. Many arrived in the 1920s and 1930s, although larger numbers came to Australia after World War II and the Greek Civil War. By far the largest wave of immigration was during the 1960s and 1970s. As of the 2021 Au... |
4758878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20occupation%20of%20Malaya | Japanese occupation of Malaya | Malaya, then under British administration, was gradually occupied by Japanese forces between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 15 February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. The first Japanese garrison in Malaya to lay down their arms was in Pe... |
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