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4780710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud%20Jafari%20Jozani | Masoud Jafari Jozani | Masoud Jafari Jozani (; , born 9 December 1948) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has received an award for the best short film at the Fajr International Film Festival. In the Wind's Eye is one of Jafari Jozani's most notable works, which he directed and wrote. This TV series In the Wind's Eye ... |
4780935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondram%20Pirai | Moondram Pirai | Moondram Pirai () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while Y. G. Mahendran, Silk Smitha and Poornam Viswanathan played supporting roles. It revolves around a school teacher who rescues a woman with retrograde amnesi... |
4780974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand | Demand | In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time. The relationship between price and quantity demand is also called the demand curve. Demand for a specific item is a function of an item's perceived necessity, price, perceived quality, c... |
4781170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoids%3A%20New%20Century | Zoids: New Century | Zoids: New Century, or , is an anime television series created in 2001 by Shogakukan, Inc. It is the second Zoids series created, based on the range of mecha models produced by TOMY. The series has been dubbed and originally released in Western nations under the title Zoids, before being later rebranded as Zoids: New C... |
4781546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo | List of people from São Paulo | The people who are born in the City of São Paulo are called Paulistanos in Brazil, while the people who are born in State of São Paulo, independent of the city, are called as Paulistas. These people made extensive contributions to Brazil's (and the world's) history, culture, music, literature, education, science, and t... |
4781761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorities%20in%20Greece | Minorities in Greece | Minorities in Greece are small in size compared to Balkan regional standards, and the country is largely ethnically homogeneous. This is mainly due to the population exchanges between Greece and neighboring Turkey (Convention of Lausanne) and Bulgaria (Treaty of Neuilly), which removed most Muslims (with the exception ... |
4781788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Silva | David Silva | David Josué Jiménez Silva (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a central or an attacking midfielder but also played as a winger or second striker. His passing ability and possession-retaining qualities earned him the nicknames Merlin (reference to the legendary wizard M... |
4782171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS%20Kabylie | JS Kabylie | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, in Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian professional football club based in Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia. The club is named after the cultural, natural and historical region that is home to the Kabyle Berber peop... |
4782296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Executive%20Council%20of%20the%20Commonwealth%20of%20Pennsylvania | Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | The Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was the collective directorial executive branch of the Pennsylvanian state government between 1777 and 1790. It was headed by a president and a vice president (analogous to a governor and lieutenant governor, respectively). The best-known member of the C... |
4782478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR%20RM%20class%20%2888%20seater%29 | NZR RM class (88 seater) | The NZR RM class 88-seaters were a class of railcar used in New Zealand. New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) classified them as RM (Rail Motor), the notation used for all railcars, numbering the 35 sets from RM100 to RM134. They were the most numerous railcars in NZR service. Their purchase and introduction saw the d... |
4782774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durbanville | Durbanville | Durbanville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. Durbanville is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat.
History
Precolonial period (before 1652)
The first modern h... |
4783017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Legend%20of%20the%20Galactic%20Heroes%20characters | List of Legend of the Galactic Heroes characters | This is a list of characters and their voice actors from Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
Main characters
Reinhard von Lohengramm
Reinhard von Lohengramm, voiced by Ryō Horikawa (OVA series), is one of the protagonists in the series along with Yang Wen Li.
Nicknamed The Golden Brat by his foes and The Golden Lion by hi... |
4783222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorlice%E2%80%93Tarn%C3%B3w%20offensive | Gorlice–Tarnów offensive | The Gorlice–Tarnów offensive during World War I was initially conceived as a minor German offensive to relieve Russian pressure on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front, but resulted in the Central Powers' chief offensive effort of 1915, causing the total collapse of the Russian lines and their retr... |
4783392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafort%20Saga | Seafort Saga | The Seafort Saga is a series of science fiction novels written by American author David Feintuch. The novels are set from the late 22nd century to the mid-23rd century and relate the adventures of Nicholas Seafort, an officer in the (fictional) UNNS|United Nations Naval Service. The series is a collection of personal a... |
4783469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder%20Bay%20Flyers | Thunder Bay Flyers | The Thunder Bay Flyers were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
History
On July 6, 1980, the Degagne Buccaneers and Thunder Bay North Stars were informed by the TBAHA that they would not be permitted to field teams in the 1980–81 City League. On July 10, 1980, the executive of the Thunder ... |
4783583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential%20state%20car%20%28United%20States%29 | Presidential state car (United States) | The United States presidential state car (nicknamed "the Beast", "Cadillac One", "First Car"; code named "Stagecoach") is the official state car of the president of the United States.
United States presidents embraced automotive technology in the early 20th-century with President William Howard Taft's purchase of four... |
4783588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus%20Empiricus | Marcellus Empiricus | Marcellus Empiricus, also known as Marcellus Burdigalensis (“Marcellus of Bordeaux”), was a Latin medical writer from Gaul at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries. His only extant work is the De medicamentis, a compendium of pharmacological preparations drawing on the work of multiple medical and scientific writers as... |
4784783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20National%20Congress%20of%20the%20Communist%20Party%20of%20Vietnam | 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam | The 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam () was held in Ba Đình Hall, Hanoi from 18 to 25 April 2006. The congress occurs every five years. 1,176 delegates represented the party's 3 million members. At the 13th plenum of the Central Committee, held before the congress, it was decided that eight mem... |
4784969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish%20education | Jewish education | Jewish education (, Chinuch) is the transmission of the tenets, principles, and religious laws of Judaism. Jews value education, and the value of education is strongly embedded in Jewish culture. Judaism places a heavy emphasis on Torah study, from the early days of studying the Tanakh.
History
Jewish education has ... |
4785917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahuacalli%20Museum | Anahuacalli Museum | The Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum is a museum and arts center in Mexico City, located in the San Pablo de Tepetlapa neighborhood of Coyoacán, 10 minutes by car from the Frida Kahlo Museum, as well as from the tourist neighborhood of this district.
The Anahuacalli (from the Nahuatl word, whose meaning is "house surro... |
4786240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20Oldham%20riots | 2001 Oldham riots | The Oldham riots were a brief period of violent rioting which occurred in Oldham, a town in Greater Manchester, England, in May 2001. They were ethnically-motivated riots and the worst riots in the United Kingdom since 1985 (the riots in 1985 were about the Poll Tax and were not ethnically motivated).
The Oldham riot... |
4786345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montevideo%20Wanderers%20F.C. | Montevideo Wanderers F.C. | Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. Beside football, the club also has teams playing basketball, volleyball, athletics, futsal, pool and p... |
4786873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment%20of%20mental%20disorders | Treatment of mental disorders | Mental disorders are classified as a psychological condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the normal psychological and often social functioning of the individual. Individuals diagnosed with certain mental disorders can be unable to function normal... |
4786934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20Diana%2C%20Princess%20of%20Wales | Death of Diana, Princess of Wales | During the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died from injuries sustained earlier that night in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Diana's partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were found dead inside the car. Dodi's bodyguard, Trevor Re... |
4787166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Brown%20%28basketball%29 | Dale Brown (basketball) | Dale Duward Brown (born October 31, 1935) is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the LSU Tigers for 25 years, and his teams earned Final Four appearances in 1981 and 1986. Brown is also remembered as one of the most vocal critics of the NCAA, saying it "legislated against human dignity... |
4787771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartwright%20Inquiry | Cartwright Inquiry | The Cartwright Inquiry was a committee of inquiry held in New Zealand from 1987 to 1988 that was commissioned by the Minister of Health, Michael Bassett, to investigate whether, as alleged in an article in Metro magazine, there had been a failure to treat patients adequately with cervical carcinoma in situ (CIS) at Nat... |
4787898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20H.%20Kroehl | Julius H. Kroehl | Julius Hermann Kroehl (in German, Kröhl) (1820 – September 9, 1867) was a German American inventor and engineer. He invented and built the first submarine able to dive and resurface on its own, the Sub Marine Explorer, technically advanced for its era. His achievements in architecture, civil and mechanical engineering ... |
4788082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxxon%20Energy%20Corporation | Roxxon Energy Corporation | The Roxxon Energy Corporation (otherwise known as the Roxxon Oil Company, Roxxon Oil Corporation, Roxxon Corporation or simply Roxxon) is the name of a fictional massive petroleum industrial conglomerate in the Marvel Universe appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company is depicted as havi... |
4788141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20oxidation | DNA oxidation | DNA oxidation is the process of oxidative damage of deoxyribonucleic acid. As described in detail by Burrows et al., 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) is the most common oxidative lesion observed in duplex DNA because guanine has a lower one-electron reduction potential than the other nucleosides in DNA. The one elec... |
4788200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark%20Industries | Stark Industries | Stark Industries, later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark Enterprises and Stark Resilient, is a fictional multi-national conglomerate appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Frans Robert Bernstein, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby, the company first appeared in Tales o... |
4788296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s%20problem | Plato's problem | Plato's problem is the term given by Noam Chomsky to "the problem of explaining how we can know so much" given our limited experience. Chomsky believes that Plato asked (using modern terms) how we should account for the rich, intrinsic, common structure of human cognition, when it seems underdetermined by extrinsic evi... |
4788479 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.%20R.%20M.%20Howard | T. R. M. Howard | Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard (March 4, 1908 – May 1, 1976) was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon. He was a mentor to activists such as Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, and Jesse Jackson, whose efforts gained local and nati... |
4789098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Goon%20Show%20cast%20members%20and%20characters | List of The Goon Show cast members and characters | This is a list of regular cast members of the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show and the characters they portrayed.
Harry Secombe
Neddie Seagoon
Uncle Oscar
Uncle of Henry and Min. A very old pensioner (Henry often asks, "What are you doing out of your grave?") who usually jabbers incoherently but soon coll... |
4789388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Velvet%20Rope%20Tour | The Velvet Rope Tour | The Velvet Rope Tour was the third concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Launched in support of her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope (1997), the tour visited Europe, North America, Japan, New Zealand, Africa, and Australia. Jackson was inspired to create an autobiographical show using elements of B... |
4789488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnation%20%28Christianity%29 | Incarnation (Christianity) | In Christian theology, the doctrine of incarnation teaches that the pre-existent divine person of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, and the eternally begotten Logos (Koine Greek for "word"), took upon human nature and "was made flesh" by being conceived in the womb of a woman, the Virgin Mary... |
4789678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonator%20guitar | Resonator guitar | A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones (resonators), instead of to the guitar's sounding board (top). Resonator guitars were originally designed to be louder than regular acoustic guitars, which... |
4789967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Bauerle | Jack Bauerle | Jack Bauerle (born February 7, 1952) is the former head coach of the University of Georgia (UGA) men's and women's swimming teams. At the end of his coaching career, Bauerle finished his 42nd year as a head coach for the UGA women's team and his 35th year as men's head coach. Bauerle began coaching the women's team in ... |
4790572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta%20Hodgkinson | Greta Hodgkinson | Greta Hodgkinson O.Ont (born August 13, 1973) is an American-Canadian ballet dancer. She was a Principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada until she stepped down in 2020. She continues to perform freelance and is Artist-in-Residence of the National Ballet.
Early life and training
Hodgkinson was born in Provid... |
4790683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20ethics | Engineering ethics | Engineering ethics is the field of system of moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and to the profession. As a scholarly discipline, it is closely related to subjects such as the philosophy of science, the philo... |
4790944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%20orientation | Student orientation | Student orientation or new student orientation (often encapsulated into an orientation week, o-week, frosh week, welcome week or freshers' week) is a period before the start of an academic year at a university or tertiary institutions. A variety of events are held to orient and welcome new students during this period. ... |
4791597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan%20Muslims | Cretan Muslims | The Cretan Muslims ( or , or ; , , or ; ) or Cretan Turks were the Muslim inhabitants of the island of Crete. Their descendants settled principally in Turkey, the Dodecanese Islands under Italian administration (part of Greece since World War II), Syria (notably in the village of Al-Hamidiyah), Lebanon, Palestine, Lib... |
4791958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar%20Hero%20II | Guitar Hero II | Guitar Hero II is a music rhythm video game developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 and Activision for the Xbox 360. It is the second main installment in the Guitar Hero series and is the sequel to 2005's Guitar Hero. It was first released for the PlayStation 2 in November 2006, and then ... |
4792156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%27s%20Worst%20Handyman%20%28season%201%29 | Canada's Worst Handyman (season 1) | Canada's Worst Handyman 1 was the first-ever season of the Canadian reality TV show Canada's Worst Handyman, which aired on the Discovery Channel, based on the UK Channel 4 Television Corporation's Britain's Worst Driver. The show is considered to be a sister show of Canada's Worst Driver (itself an adaptation of Brita... |
4792222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZUS | ANZUS | The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS or ANZUS Treaty) is a 1951 non-binding collective security agreement initially formed as a trilateral agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States; and from 1986 an agreement between New Zealand and Australia, and separately, Australia ... |
4792249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%20men%27s%20national%20soccer%20team | Australia men's national soccer team | The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Feder... |
4792747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Agriculture%2C%20Faisalabad | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | The University of Agriculture (UAF) is a public research university in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It's the largest university of Pakistan by area with covered area of 2550 acres as compared to Punjab University's 1800 acres which is the second largest.
History
Origins
The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Urdu: ), (f... |
4793136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jondalar | Jondalar | Jondalar of the Zelandonii is the male main character of Jean Auel's Earth's Children speculative historical fiction series set in the Late Stone Age of Europe. He has long pale blond hair which he usually pulls back in a ponytail (called a "club" by his people), vivid blue eyes, is six feet six inches tall, and is de... |
4793282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed%20back%20syndrome | Failed back syndrome | Failed back syndrome or post-laminectomy syndrome is a condition characterized by chronic pain following back surgeries. Many factors can contribute to the onset or development of FBS, including residual or recurrent spinal disc herniation, persistent post-operative pressure on a spinal nerve, altered joint mobility, j... |
4793696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasburgh | Tasburgh | Tasburgh ( ) is a civil parish and a village in the south of Norfolk, England, located approximately 8 miles south of Norwich. It lies on the A140 road, north of Long Stratton and south of Newton Flotman. The River Tas flows nearby and Tasburgh Hall lies to the west of the village. The local church is dedicated to St. ... |
4793935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf%27s%20Up%20%28song%29 | Surf's Up (song) | "Surf's Up" is a song recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. It was originally intended for Smile, an unfinished Beach Boys album that was scrapped in 1967. The song was later completed by Brian and Carl Wilson as the closing track of the band's 1971 album... |
4794482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20neuroscience | History of neuroscience | From the ancient Egyptian mummifications to 18th-century scientific research on "globules" and neurons, there is evidence of neuroscience practice throughout the early periods of history. The early civilizations lacked adequate means to obtain knowledge about the human brain. Their assumptions about the inner workings ... |
4794884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion%20to%20Christianity | Conversion to Christianity | Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as the convert's "root reality" including their social behaviors, thinking and ethics. The sociology of religion indicates religious conversion was an important factor in t... |
4795038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monash%20University%20Faculty%20of%20Law | Monash University Faculty of Law | Monash University Faculty of Law, or Monash Law School, is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1963, it is based in Melbourne, Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally, and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme... |
4795594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian%20horse | Mongolian horse | The Mongolian horse (Mongolian Адуу, aduu: "horse" or mori; or as a herd, ado) is the native horse breed of Mongolia. The breed is purported to be largely unchanged since the time of Genghis Khan. Nomads living in the traditional Mongol fashion still hold more than 3 million animals, which outnumber the country's human... |
4796145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity%20in%20Lebanon | Christianity in Lebanon | Christianity in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. Biblical Scriptures purport that Peter and Paul evangelized the Phoenicians, whom they affiliated to the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch. Christianity spread slowly in Lebanon due to pagans who resisted conversion, but it ultimately spread throughout the countr... |
4796261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20%28Chamber%20of%20Deputies%20of%20Luxembourg%20constituency%29 | South (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency) | South (; ; ) is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Capellen and Esch-sur... |
4796294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20%28Chamber%20of%20Deputies%20of%20Luxembourg%20constituency%29 | Centre (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency) | Centre (; ; ) is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Luxembourg and Mersc... |
4796664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osorno%2C%20Chile | Osorno, Chile | Osorno (Mapuche: Chauracavi) is a city and commune in southern Chile and capital of Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region. It had a population of 145,475, as of the 2002 census. It is located south of the national capital of Santiago, north of the regional capital of Puerto Montt and west of the Argentine city of ... |
4796743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Thomas%20%28footballer%29 | Dale Thomas (footballer) | Dale Robert Jordan “Daisy” Thomas (born 21 June 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Thomas was a priority pick in 2005 where he then played with the Collingwood Football Club from 2006 ... |
4796928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20compositions%20by%20Fanny%20Mendelssohn | List of compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn | There are 466 known musical compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn:
The first section of this page lists compositions by Opus number (Op.), in order of publication (which only partially covers Fanny Mendelssohn's output).
The second section lists all compositions chronologically, according to Renate Hellwig-Unruh's catalo... |
4797163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning%20of%20Smyrna | Burning of Smyrna | The burning of Smyrna (, "Smyrna Catastrophe"; , "1922 Izmir Fire"; , Zmyuṙnio Mets Hrdeh) destroyed much of the port city of Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey) in September 1922. Eyewitness reports state that the fire began on 13 September 1922 and lasted until it was largely extinguished on 22 September. It began four day... |
4797328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC%20News%20%28Australia%29 | ABC News (Australia) | ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs.
The division of the organisation, which is called A... |
4797426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd%20Trump | Judd Trump | Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently fifth on the list of all-time ranking event winners with 26 ranking titles. He has also won four Triple Cro... |
4797449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%20fertilization | Ocean fertilization | Ocean fertilization or ocean nourishment is a type of technology for carbon dioxide removal from the ocean based on the purposeful introduction of plant nutrients to the upper ocean to increase marine food production and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ocean nutrient fertilization, for example iron fertil... |
4798258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20We%20Do%20Is%20Secret%20%28film%29 | What We Do Is Secret (film) | What We Do Is Secret is a 2007 American biographical film about Darby Crash, singer of the late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs. It was directed by Rodger Grossman, who wrote the screenplay based on a story he had written with Michelle Baer Ghaffari, a friend of Crash's and co-producer of the film. Shane Wes... |
4799438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20D%C3%BCrenstein | Battle of Dürenstein | The Battle of Dürenstein (; also known as Dürrenstein, Dürnstein and Diernstein) or the Battle of Krems (), on 11 November 1805, was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition. Dürenstein (modern Dürnstein), Austria, is located in the Wachau valley, on the river Danube, upstream from Vi... |
4799454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20and%20gender%20segregation | Islam and gender segregation | Gender segregation in Islamic law, custom, law and traditions refers to the practices and requirements in Islamic countries and communities for the separation of men and boys from women and girls in social and other settings.
Views
There have been fatwas which forbid free mixing between men and women (known as Ikhtil... |
4799689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th%20%28West%20Essex%29%20Regiment%20of%20Foot | 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot | The 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881. It was originally raised in Northumbria as the 58th Regiment, and renumbered the 56th the following year when two senior regiments were disbanded. It saw service in Cuba at the capture of Havana in the Seven Y... |
4799746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20history | Urban history | Urban history is a field of history that examines the historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization. The approach is often multidisciplinary, crossing boundaries into fields like social history, architectural history, urban sociology, urban geography, business history, and archaeology. Urbaniza... |
4799798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex%20Yeomanry | Essex Yeomanry | The Essex Yeomanry was a Reserve unit of the British Army that originated in 1797 as local Yeomanry Cavalry Troops in Essex. Reformed after the experience gained in the Second Boer War, it saw active service as cavalry in World War I and as artillery in World War II. Its lineage is maintained by 36 (Essex Yeomanry) S... |
4799962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Beetle%20%28Jaime%20Reyes%29 | Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) | Jaime Reyes is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner, the character made his first appearance in Infinite Crisis #3 (February 2006).
Jaime Reyes is the third character to assume the mantle of Blue Beetle, but is substantially differ... |
4800442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20Pakistani%20history | Timeline of Pakistani history | This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day's Pakistan. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Lower Paleolithic
Middle Paleolithic
Upper P... |
4800502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Stryker | William Stryker | The Reverend William Stryker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A minister and former sergeant with a strong hatred for mutants, he is usually depicted as an enemy of the X-Men. He is also the father of Jason Stryker.
The character has appeared in the X-Men film seri... |
4800706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beating%20of%20Frank%20Jude%20Jr. | Beating of Frank Jude Jr. | Frank Jude Jr., a.k.a. Frankie Lee Jude Jr., (born August 14, 1978) is a Wisconsin man who was severely beaten by off-duty Milwaukee police officers in the early-morning hours of October 24, 2004. Following a state trial that ended with the jury acquitting the three police officers charged, a federal investigation led ... |
4801279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoulas%20family | Demoulas family | The Demoulas family is a Greek-American family that controls DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc., the company that operates the Market Basket chain of supermarkets. Beginning in 1990, two sides of the Demoulas family fought for control of DeMoulas Super Markets. The dispute ended in 2014, when the family of George Demoulas so... |
4801487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20the%20Vettii | House of the Vettii | The House of the Vettii is a domus located in the Roman town Pompeii, which was preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house is named for its owners, two successful freedmen: Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Its careful excavation has preserved almost all of the wal... |
4801957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Judgment%20%28Michelangelo%29 | The Last Judgment (Michelangelo) | The Last Judgment () is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The dead rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ ... |
4802168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee%20Bliss | Dee Bliss | Dione "Dee" Bliss is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Madeleine West. The actress received the role three days after securing an agent. West deferred her law degree studies to take the part. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 February 2000. T... |
4802175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Politician | SS Politician | SS Politician was a cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of the Hebridean island of Eriskay in 1941. Her cargo included 22,000 cases of scotch whisky and £3 million worth of Jamaican banknotes. Much of the whisky was recovered by islanders from across the Hebrides, contrary to marine salvage laws. Because no duty ... |
4802957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Federation%20of%20Women%27s%20Clubs | General Federation of Women's Clubs | The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of over 3,000 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Many of its activities and service projects are done independently by local clubs through their c... |
4802982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballets%20Russes | Ballets Russes | The Ballets Russes () was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia, where the Revolution disrupted society. After its initial Paris season, the company had no formal ties there.
Origi... |
4803480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cat%20in%20the%20Hat%20%28film%29 | The Cat in the Hat (film) | The Cat in the Hat (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat) is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Bo Welch in his directorial debut and written by Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer. Loosely based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, it was the second and final live-action feature-length ... |
4804345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHSV-TV | WHSV-TV | WHSV-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside two low-power stations: Class A dual Fox/CBS affiliate WSVF-CD (channel 43) and dual NBC/CW+ affiliate WSVW-LD (channel 30). The three stations share studios on North Main ... |
4804597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat%20of%20glaciers%20since%201850 | Retreat of glaciers since 1850 | The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is well documented and is one of the effects of climate change. The retreat of mountain glaciers, notably in western North America, Asia, the Alps and tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa and Indonesia, provide evidence for the rise in global temperatures since th... |
4804617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkerburn | Walkerburn | Walkerburn () is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about from Peebles and from Galashiels.
It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family. It is the home of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute.
The village also unusually houses a smal... |
4804772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20I%20of%20Granada | Muhammad I of Granada | Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr (; 1195 – 22 January 1273), also known as Ibn al-Ahmar (, "Son of the Red") and by his honorific al-Ghalib billah (, "The Victor by the Grace of God"), was the first ruler of the Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula, and the founder of ... |
4804980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry%20Panic%21 | Strawberry Panic! | Strawberry Panic! is a series of Japanese illustrated short stories written by Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools on Astraea Hill. A common theme throughout the stories is the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters. The original artist was... |
4805193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Cavalry%20Regiment%20%28United%20States%29 | 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States) | The 4th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage is traced back to the mid-19th century. It was one of the most effective units of the Army against American Indians on the Texas frontier. Today, the regiment exists as separate squadrons within the U.S. Army. The 1st Squadron of the 4th C... |
4805786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20the%20Assumption | University of the Assumption | The University of the Assumption (U.A.) is a private archdiocesan Catholic university in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. The University of the Assumption is the first Catholic archdiocesan university in the Philippines and in Asia. It is among the top schools in the region, based on its accredited prog... |
4806331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Syro-Aramaic%20Reading%20of%20the%20Koran | The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran | The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran: A Contribution to the Decoding of the Language of the Koran is an English-language edition (2007) of Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran: Ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Koransprache (2000) by Christoph Luxenberg.
The book received considerable attention from the popular pr... |
4806375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20rules%20football%20in%20Tasmania | Australian rules football in Tasmania | Australian rules football in Tasmania (known locally as "football"), has been played since the late 1870s and draws the largest audience for a football code in the state.
A 2018 study of Internet traffic showed that 79% of Tasmanians are interested in Australian rules football, the highest rate in the country.
While ... |
4806848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions%20of%20the%20collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | Predictions of the collapse of the Soviet Union | There were people and organizations who predicted that the USSR would dissolve before the eventual dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
Authors often credited with having predicted the dissolution of the Soviet Union include Andrei Amalrik in Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984? (1970), French academic Emmanuel Todd ... |
4806973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20L.%20DeWitt | John L. DeWitt | John Lesesne DeWitt (January 9, 1880 – June 20, 1962) was a three-star general in the United States Army, best known for overseeing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Empire on December 7, 1941, DeWitt believed that Japanese nationals and Japanese... |
4806974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emesene%20dynasty | Emesene dynasty | The Emesene (or Emesan) dynasty, also called the Sampsigeramids or the Sampsigerami or the House of Sampsigeramus (), were a Roman client dynasty of Arab priest-kings known to have ruled by 46 BC from Arethusa and later from Emesa, Syria, until between 72 and 78/79, or at the latest the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius ... |
4807194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences%20of%20the%20Black%20Death | Consequences of the Black Death | The Black Death peaked in Europe between 1348 and 1350, with an estimated third of the continent's population ultimately succumbing to the disease. Often simply referred to as "The Plague", the Black Death had both immediate and long-term effects on human population across the world as one of the most devastating pande... |
4808463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Duesenberg | Fred Duesenberg | Frederick Samuel Duesenberg (December 6, 1876 – July 26, 1932) was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing engines. Duesenberg's engineering expertise influenced the development of the automobile, especially dur... |
4808526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwood%20F.C. | Northwood F.C. | Northwood Football Club is an English football club based in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association. They play their home games at The Skyline Stadium in Northwood Recreation Ground, Chestnut Avenue. The club are currently members of the .
His... |
4808844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Audi | Robert Audi | Robert N. Audi (born November 1941) is an American philosopher whose major work has focused on epistemology, ethics (especially on ethical intuitionism), rationality and the theory of action. He is O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and previously held a chair in the business school there.... |
4809003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippa%20%28A%20Book%20of%20the%20Dead%29 | Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) | Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) is a work of art created by science fiction novelist William Gibson, artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr. in 1992. The work consists of a 300-line semi-autobiographical electronic poem by Gibson, embedded in an artist's book by Ashbaugh. Gibson's text focused on the ethereal... |
4809236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%20Duesenberg | August Duesenberg | August Samuel Duesenberg (December 12, 1879 – January 18, 1955) was a German- born American automobile and engine manufacturer who built American racing and racing engines that set speed records at Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1920; won the French Grand Prix in 1921; and won Indianapolis 500-mile races (1922, 1924, 1925,... |
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