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4863885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic%20hip%20hop | Arabic hip hop | Arabic hip-hop is a segment of hip hop music performed in the Arabic-speaking world. Due to variety of dialects and local genres which exist in the localities, Arabic hip-hop music may appear very diverse depending on the country of the song. Like most artists of the genre, the hip-hop artists from the Arabic-speaking ... |
4864520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Batum | Nicolas Batum | Nicolas Batum (}} ; born 14 December 1988) is a French professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. He is also a member of the French national team and earned a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Early life
His father, Richard, of Cameroonian origin,... |
4864703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Archer%20%28Jesuit%29 | James Archer (Jesuit) | James Archer (1550–1620) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus who played a highly controversial role in both the Nine Years War and in the military resistance to both the House of Tudor's religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland and the Elizabethan wars against both Gaelic Ireland a... |
4864744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Hamilton%20Fairley | Neil Hamilton Fairley | Brigadier Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley, (15 July 1891 – 19 April 1966) was an Australian physician, medical scientist, and army officer who was instrumental in saving thousands of Allied lives from malaria and other diseases.
A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Fairley joined the Australian Army Medical Corps in ... |
4864757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate%20secret%20societies%20in%20North%20America | Collegiate secret societies in North America | The are many collegiate secret societies in North America. They vary greatly in their level of secrecy and the degree of independence from their universities. A collegiate secret society makes a significant effort to keep affairs, membership rolls, signs of recognition, initiation, or other aspects secret from the publ... |
4864766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gellibrand | John Gellibrand | Major General Sir John Gellibrand, (5 December 1872 – 3 June 1945) was a senior Australian Army officer in the First World War, Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police from 1920 to 1922, and a member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Tasmanian Division of Denison for the Nationalist Party ... |
4865141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20control%20in%20the%20Netherlands | Flood control in the Netherlands | Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is densely populated. Natural sand dunes and constructed dikes, dams, and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea. River dikes prev... |
4865293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oriel%20College%2C%20Oxford%2C%20people | List of Oriel College, Oxford, people | A list of notable people affiliated with Oriel College, Oxford University, England, including alumni, academics, provosts and honorary fellows.
Alumni
Academics
Richard Ithamar Aaron – D.Phil student, graduated 1928: Welsh philosopher.
Donald Ferlys Wilson Baden-Powell – Undergraduate 1917: Geologist and palaeolithic... |
4865795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%20Mondrian | Piet Mondrian | Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian (, also , ; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic dir... |
4865824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20Weinberg | Gerhard Weinberg | Gerhard Ludwig Weinberg (born 1 January 1928) is a German-born American diplomatic and military historian noted for his studies in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. Weinberg is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a member ... |
4865936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%20Think%20It%27s%20All%20Over%20%28TV%20series%29 | They Think It's All Over (TV series) | They Think It's All Over is a British comedy panel game with a sporting theme produced by Talkback and shown on BBC1. The show's name was taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous 1966 World Cup commentary line, "they think it's all over...it is now!" and the show used the phrase to sign off each episode. In 2006, the s... |
4865950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble%20Alpes%20University | Grenoble Alpes University | The (UGA, French: meaning "Grenoble Alps University") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers.
Established as the University of Grenoble by Humbert II of Viennois, it split in 1970 followin... |
4866122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20scarf%20controversy%20in%20France | Islamic scarf controversy in France | In France, there is an ongoing social, political, and legal debate concerning the wearing of the hijab and other forms of Islamic coverings in public. The cultural framework of the controversy can be traced to France's history of colonization in North Africa, but escalated into a significant public debate in 1989 when ... |
4866655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Clapton | Richard Clapton | Richard Clapton (born 18 May 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). He reached the top 20 on the related albums chart with Goodbye Tiger (1977), Hearts on the Nightline (19... |
4867434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ace%20Lightning%20characters | List of Ace Lightning characters | This articles lists and describes characters from the BBC and Alliance Atlantis-produced children's television series Ace Lightning, which involved characters from a video game materialising in a small American town. The series was told from the point of view of Mark Hollander, a British teenager who is enlisted as the... |
4867788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th%20New%20York%20Infantry%20Regiment | 5th New York Infantry Regiment | The 5th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as Duryée's Zouaves, was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. Modeled, like other Union and Confederate infantry regiments, on the French Zouaves of Crimean War fame, its tactics and uniforms were different from those o... |
4867859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20the%20Grinch%20Stole%20Christmas%20%282000%20film%29 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Grinch, and sometimes Grinch 2000) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, who also produced with Brian Grazer, from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. The film was based... |
4868637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20T.%20Stearn | William T. Stearn | William Thomas Stearn (; 16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge in 1911, he was largely self-educated and developed an early interest in books and natural history. His initial work experience was at a Cambridge bookshop, but he also had a position as an assistant in the university botany... |
4868810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Settlers%20IV | The Settlers IV | The Settlers IV (), released as The Settlers: Fourth Edition in North America, is a real-time strategy video game with city-building elements, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubi Soft. Released in Germany for Microsoft Windows in February 2001, in the United Kingdom in March, and in North America in August, it ... |
4868935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability%20of%20IQ | Heritability of IQ | Research on the heritability of IQ inquires into the degree of variation in IQ within a population that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population. There has been significant controversy in the academic community about the heritability of IQ since research on the issue began in the late nineteen... |
4868977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Kison | Bruce Kison | Bruce Eugene Kison (February 18, 1950 – June 2, 2018) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1971–79), California Angels (1980–84) and Boston Red Sox (1985). Kison won two World Series championships with the Pirates, both over the Baltimore ... |
4869494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares%20%28DC%20Comics%29 | Ares (DC Comics) | Ares (also sometimes Mars) is a character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. Based on the eponymous Greek mythological figure, he is the Olympian god of war and major recurring adversary of the superhero Wonder Woman. He has been featured significantly as a persistent foe throughout every era of Won... |
4869583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep%20Pla | Josep Pla | Josep Pla i Casadevall (; 8 March 1897 – 23 April 1981) was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan and Spanish.
Biography
The son of rural business owners of modest means from B... |
4870188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VertiBird | VertiBird | For the real-life aircraft known as a Vertibird, see Tiltrotor
VertiBird was the name of a line of toy helicopter products made by Mattel between 1971 and the early 1980s.
Description
General
The Mattel VertiBird helicopter flies around a central base containing an electric motor, spring lift assist, pitch control... |
4870300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20California | Politics of California | The recent and current politics of the U.S. state of California are complex and involve a number of entrenched interests. (For historical politics, see Politics of California before 1900). The first presidential election the state participated in was 1852. For the next few decades after the Civil War, California was a... |
4870843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Wilson%20%28baseball%29 | Brian Wilson (baseball) | Brian Patrick Wilson (born March 16, 1982), nicknamed "The Beard" and "B-Weezy", is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. He stands tall and weighs . Wilson is known for his large black beard, which he beg... |
4871021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Americans%20of%20Irish%20descent | List of Americans of Irish descent | This is a list of Americans of Irish descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American.
List
Actors
Arts
Jean Butler – dancer;... |
4872690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20North%20Korea | Constitution of North Korea | The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea () is the constitution of North Korea. It was approved by the 6th Supreme People's Assembly at its first session on 27 December 1972, and has been amended and supplemented in 1998, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 (twice), and in 2023. It replaced the ... |
4873434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Isa%C3%ADas%20L%C3%B3pez | Manuel Isaías López | Manuel Isaías López (May 20, 1941 - November 29, 2017) was a prominent child psychiatrist, trained in Philadelphia. Many consider Manuel Isaías López to be the father of Mexican Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In 1972, he founded the first Child and Adolescent Psychiatry subspecialty program in Mexico, at the National... |
4873795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Lowenthal | Max Lowenthal | Max Lowenthal (1888–1971) was a Washington, DC, political figure in all three branches of the federal government in the 1930s and 1940s, during which time he was closely associated with the rising career of Harry S. Truman; he served under Oscar R. Ewing on an "unofficial policy group" within the Truman administration ... |
4874166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Burnett | House of Burnett | The House of Burnett (Burnet, Burnette, Burnard, Bernard) is a Lowland and Border Scottish family composed of several branches. The Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett is James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys.
Origins of the name
It remains uncertain if the name of Burnett is of Saxon or Norman origins.
It has been su... |
4874430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly%20Betty | Ugly Betty | Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, which has had many other international adaptatio... |
4875080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-care | Self-care | Self-care has been defined as the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and actively manage illness when it occurs. Individuals engage in some form of self-care daily with food choices, exercise, sleep, reading and dental care. Self-care is not only a solo activi... |
4875198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector%20%28instrument%29 | Sector (instrument) | The sector, also known as a proportional compass or military compass, was a major calculating instrument in use from the end of the sixteenth century until the nineteenth century. It is an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge. A number of scales are inscribed upon the instrument which f... |
4875952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%20corps%20%28Soviet%20Union%29 | Tank corps (Soviet Union) | A tank corps () was a type of Soviet armoured formation used during World War II.
Pre-war development of Soviet mechanized forces
In Soviet Russia, the so-called armored forces (броневые силы) preceded the Tank Corps. They consisted of the motorized armored units (автобронеотряды) made of armored vehicles and armored ... |
4876257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buta%20Kola | Buta Kola | Būta Kōlā, also referred to as Daiva Kōlā or Daiva Nēmā, is a shamanistic dance performance prevalent among the Hindus of Tulu Nadu and parts of Malenadu of Karnataka and Kasargod in northern Kerala, India. The dance is highly stylized and performed as part of 'Bhootaradhane' or worship of the local deities worshipped ... |
4876283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20enforcement%20in%20the%20United%20States | Law enforcement in the United States | , more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers have been serving in the United States. About 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement agencies.
Law enforcement operates primarily through governmental police agencies. There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States which include municipal po... |
4876289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aix-Marseille%20University | Aix-Marseille University | Aix-Marseille University (AMU; ; formally incorporated as ) is a public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, petitioned the Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the University of Provence, making it the fourth-oldest ... |
4876348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20enforcement%20in%20Canada | Law enforcement in Canada | Law enforcement in Canada is the responsibility of police services, special constabularies, and civil law enforcement agencies, which are operated by every level of government, some private and Crown corporations, and First Nations. In contrast to the United States or Mexico, and with the exception of the Unité permane... |
4876378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Partisan | The Partisan | "The Partisan" is an anti-fascist anthem about the French Resistance in World War II. The song was composed in 1943 by Russian-born Anna Marly (1917–2006), with lyrics by French Resistance leader Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (1900–1969), and originally titled "La Complainte du partisan" (English: "The lament of the ... |
4876558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20Armoured%20Division%20%28United%20Kingdom%29 | 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) | The 2nd Armoured Division was a division of the British Army that was active during the early stages of the Second World War. The division's creation had been discussed since the beginning of 1939, with the intent to form it by splitting the 1st Armoured Division. A lack of tanks delayed this until December 1939. For a... |
4876592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diver%20navigation | Diver navigation | Diver navigation, termed "underwater navigation" by scuba divers, is a set of techniques—including observing natural features, the use of a compass, and surface observations—that divers use to navigate underwater. Free-divers do not spend enough time underwater for navigation to be important, and surface supplied diver... |
4876870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir%20%28theatre%20company%29 | Belvoir (theatre company) | Belvoir is an Australian theatre company based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia, originally known as Company B. Since 2016 and its artistic director is Eamon Flack.
The theatre contains a 330-seat Upstairs Theatre and a 80-seat Downstairs Theatre.
The Belvoir company receives government support for its... |
4877243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood%20Institute | Torchwood Institute | The Torchwood Institute, or simply Torchwood, is a fictional secret organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. It was established in 1879 by Queen Victoria after the events of "Tooth and Claw". Its prime directive is to defend Earth against supernatural... |
4877498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Frei | Hans Frei | Hans Wilhelm Frei (April 29, 1922–September 12, 1988) was an American biblical scholar and theologian who is best known for work on biblical hermeneutics. Frei's work played a major role in the development of postliberal theology (also called narrative theology or the Yale school of theology). His best-known and most i... |
4877697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Sturridge | Daniel Sturridge | Daniel Andre Sturridge (born 1 September 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is a pundit for Sky Sports. He is most well-known for his time at Liverpool where he was part of a formidable attacking trio with Luis Suárez and Raheem Sterling in the 2013–14 Premier League season w... |
4877899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Osborn%20Williams | John Osborn Williams | John Osborn Williams (28 March 1886 – 6 July 1963) was the owner of the logging and pit prop exporting business known as The Labrador Development Company limited based in Port Hope Simpson, Newfoundland and Labrador from 1934 to 1948.
Early life
Williams was born at 46 George Street, Cardiff, Wales, his parents' home... |
4877913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20impact%20of%20the%20Chernobyl%20disaster | Cultural impact of the Chernobyl disaster | The Chernobyl disaster is the world's worst nuclear accident to date.
Overview
The name "Chernobyl" has become synonymous with the concept of a nuclear energy disaster. Referencing the political damage from the inept initial response to the disaster, pundits sometimes use the phrase "Chernobyl moment" to describe all... |
4877943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical%20Oriental%20Institute | Pontifical Oriental Institute | The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome and focusing on Eastern Christianity.
The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had been on the agenda of the Catholic Church since at least Pope Leo XIII, but ... |
4878000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Loomis | Samuel Loomis | Dr. Samuel "Sam" J. Loomis is a fictional character in the Halloween franchise. A main protagonist of the overall series, Loomis appears on-screen in eight of the thirteen Halloween films (and is mentioned or featured in photographs and audio recordings in others), first appearing in John Carpenter's original 1978 film... |
4878170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja%20Senshi%20Tobikage | Ninja Senshi Tobikage | , known as Ninja Robots outside Japan, is a Japanese anime television series, produced by Pierrot, which aired from 6 October 1985 to 13 July 1986 on the Nippon Television network. It was also broadcast to parts of Asia and Australia on Cartoon Network, but never aired in the United States.
Plot
It is the 23rd centur... |
4878320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious%20Damage%20Act%201861 | Malicious Damage Act 1861 | The Malicious Damage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 97) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was). It consolidated provisions related to malicious damage from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act. For the most part these provisions were, according to the draftsm... |
4878599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Gold%20Coast%2C%20Queensland | History of the Gold Coast, Queensland | The history of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia began in prehistoric times with archaeological evidence revealing occupation of the district by indigenous Australians for at least 23,000 years. The first early European colonizers began arriving in the late 1700s, settlement soon followed throughout the 19th cent... |
4878766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Russell%20%28rebel%29 | Thomas Russell (rebel) | Thomas Paliser Russell (21 November 1767 – 21 October 1803) was a founding member, and leading organiser, of the United Irishmen marked by his radical-democratic and millenarian convictions. A member of the movement's northern executive in Belfast, and a key figure in promoting a republican alliance with the agrarian C... |
4878821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Stavro | Steve Stavro | Steve Atanas Stavro, (September 27, 1926 – April 23, 2006; born Manoli Stavroff Sholdas) was a Macedonian-Canadian businessman, grocery store magnate, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, sports team owner, and a noted philanthropist.
Under the leadership of Steve Stavro, what began as a single produce store in the ... |
4879132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Peterson | Jeffrey Peterson | Jeffrey Peterson (born October 11, 1972 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American technology entrepreneur and California born millionaire who is considered the pioneer of Hispanic internet in the United States. He is best known as the founder of Quepasa, the first Latin American online community to go public and tra... |
4879260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric%20induction | Asymmetric induction | Asymmetric induction (also enantioinduction) describes the preferential formation in a chemical reaction of one enantiomer or diastereoisomer over the other as a result of the influence of a chiral feature present in the substrate, reagent, catalyst or environment. Asymmetric induction is a key element in asymmetric s... |
4879458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Cro%C3%BF | House of Croÿ | The House of Croÿ () is a family of European mediatized nobility, which held a seat in the Imperial Diet from 1486, and was elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594. In 1533 they became Dukes of Arschot (in Belgium) and in 1598 Dukes of Croy in France. In 1913, the family had branches in Belgiu... |
4879531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Vampire | The Last Vampire | The Last Vampire series (later rebranded as Thirst) consists of books written by Christopher Pike and chronicles the life of Sita, a 5,000-year-old vampire.
Publication History
The Last Vampire was published in 1994. Sequels were originally published as numbered "The Last Vampire" titles. The Last Vampire 2: Black ... |
4879797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaldson%20Air%20Force%20Base | Donaldson Air Force Base | Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina. It was founded in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base; it was deactivated in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport. It is currently an active airfield known as Donaldson Center Airport.
It was us... |
4879958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur%20Phleps | Artur Phleps | Artur Gustav Martin Phleps (29 November 1881 – 21 September 1944) was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS (lieutenant general) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SSof which Phleps was a ... |
4880292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20sports%20network | Regional sports network | A regional sports network (RSN) in the United States and Canada is a television channel that presents sports programming to a local media market or geographical region.
Some RSNs originated as premium channels. Since the 1990s, they have commonly been distributed through the expanded basic tiers of cable television an... |
4880466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Oughton | Diana Oughton | Diana Oughton (January 26, 1942 – March 6, 1970) was an American member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Michigan Chapter and later, a member of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. Oughton received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College. After graduation, Oughton went to Guatemala with the American Frie... |
4880551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance%20of%20power%20%28international%20relations%29 | Balance of power (international relations) | The balance of power theory in international relations suggests that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others. If one state becomes much stronger, the theory predicts it will take advantage of its weaker neighbors, thereby driving them to uni... |
4880973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic%20harp | Celtic harp | The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring great skill and long practice to play, and was associated with the Gaelic ruling ... |
4881373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Geraghty | Ben Geraghty | Benjamin Raymond Geraghty (July 19, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and one of the most successful and respected minor league managers of the 1950s.
A Jersey City native, Geraghty went right from Villanova University to the Brooklyn Dodgers, appearing in 51 games with the team... |
4881462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Aitken | Doug Aitken | Doug Aitken (born 1968) is an American multidisciplinary artist. Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, print media, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to narrative films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, installations, and live performance. He currently lives in Venice, California, and New... |
4881667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebaid%20%28Latin%20poem%29 | Thebaid (Latin poem) | The Thebaid (; ) is a Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Statius. Published in the early 90s AD, it contains 12 books and recounts the clash of two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, over the throne of the Greek city of Thebes. After Polynices is sent into exile, he forges an alliance of seven Greek princes and e... |
4881775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Ambulance%20Service | Scottish Ambulance Service | The Scottish Ambulance Service () is part of NHS Scotland, which serves all of Scotland's population. The Scottish Ambulance Service is governed by a special health board and is funded directly by the Health and Social Care Directorates of the Scottish Government.
It is the sole public emergency medical service coveri... |
4882463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese%20literature | Sudanese literature | Sudanese literature consists of both oral as well as written works of fiction and nonfiction that were created during the cultural history of today's Republic of the Sudan. This includes the territory of what was once Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the independent country's history since 1956 as well as its changing geographica... |
4882592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20ibn%20Tulun | Ahmad ibn Tulun | Ahmad ibn Tulun (; c. 20 September 835 – 10 May 884) was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria between 868 and 905. Originally a Turkic slave-soldier, in 868 Ibn Tulun was sent to Egypt as governor by the Abbasid caliph. Within four years Ibn Tulun had established himself as a virtually independ... |
4882893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination%20against%20superheroes | Discrimination against superheroes | Discrimination against superheroes is a common theme and plot element in comic books and superhero fiction, usually as a way to explore the issue of superheroes operating in society or as commentary on other social concerns. Often in response to this are Registration Acts, fictional legislative bills that have been plo... |
4883560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment%20casting | Investment casting | Investment casting is an industrial process based on lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques. The term "lost-wax casting" can also refer to modern investment casting processes.
Investment casting has been used in various forms for the last 5,000 years. In its earliest forms, beeswax was used... |
4883567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbinsville%20High%20School%20%28New%20Jersey%29 | Robbinsville High School (New Jersey) | Robbinsville High School is a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Robbinsville Township, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Robbinsville Public School District. The school is accredited by the New ... |
4884487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Incas | History of the Incas | The Incas were most notable for establishing the Inca Empire which was centered in modern day South America in Peru and Chile. It was about 2,500 miles from the northern to southern tip. The Inca Empire lasted from 1438 to 1533. It was the largest Empire in America throughout the Pre-Columbian era. At the peak of the I... |
4884675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20Air%20Forces%20Tactical%20Center | Army Air Forces Tactical Center | The Army Air Forces Tactical Center was a major command and military training organization of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It trained cadres from newly formed units in combat operations under simulated field conditions around which new combat groups would be formed. It was established as the ... |
4884925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart%20Canada | Walmart Canada | Walmart Canada is a Canadian retail corporation and the subsidiary of U.S.-based multinational retail conglomerate Walmart. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, it was founded on March 17, 1994, with the purchase of the Woolco Canada chain from the F. W. Woolworth Company.
Originally consisting of discount stores, m... |
4884979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20and%20Nino | Ali and Nino | Ali and Nino is a novel about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku in the years 1914–1920. It explores the dilemmas created by "European" rule over an "Oriental" society and presents a tableau portrait of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic per... |
4885602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park%20%28Nova%20Scotia%29 | Long Lake Provincial Park (Nova Scotia) | Long Lake Provincial Park is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was initiated in 1981 by then Premier John Buchanan after Halifax's water supply had been shifted from the Spruce Hill/Long Lake/Chain Lakes watershed to the Pockwock Lake watershed near Hammonds Plains. The park, formally established in 1984, c... |
4885836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Acadians | History of the Acadians | The Acadians () are the descendants of 17th and 18th century French settlers in parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Québec, and the Kenn... |
4886029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googong%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Googong, New South Wales | Googong is a locality located within the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council government area, south of the Queanbeyan Central Business District (CBD).
Googong contains the township of Googong and the developed areas of Fernleigh Park, Little Burra and Mount Campbell Estate. It borders Jerrabomberra and Karabar on the... |
4886277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Australian%20Survey%20Corps | Royal Australian Survey Corps | The Royal Australian Survey Corps (RA Svy) was a Corps of the Australian Army, formed on 1 July 1915 and disbanded on 1 July 1996. As one of the principal military survey units in Australia, the role of the Royal Australian Survey Corps was to provide the maps, aeronautical charts, hydrographical charts and geodetic an... |
4886461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%20Killed%20the%20Electric%20Car%3F | Who Killed the Electric Car? | Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Chris Paine that explores the creation, limited commercialization and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile ... |
4886900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20East%20Institute | Middle East Institute | The Middle East Institute (MEI) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank and cultural centre in Washington, D.C., founded in 1946. It seeks to "increase knowledge of the Middle East among the United States citizens and promote a better understanding between the people of these two areas."
History
Founding years
In 19... |
4887471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Gwang-jo | Jo Gwang-jo | Jo (, 23 August 1482 – 10 January 1520), also often called by his art name Jeong-am (), was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar who pursued radical reforms during the reign of Jungjong of Joseon in the early 16th century.
He was framed with charges of factionalism by the power elite that opposed his reform measures and was... |
4887573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/Line%20VLocity | V/Line VLocity | The V/Line VLocity, sometimes called the VLocity 160, is a diesel multiple unit train built by Bombardier Transportation (later Alstom) in Dandenong for V/Line, the regional rail operator in the Australian state of Victoria. Continuously in production since 2003, the VLocity is the highest-speed train in the V/Line fle... |
4888396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20W.%20Bascom | Earl W. Bascom | Earl Wesley Bascom (June 19, 1906 – August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboying and rodeoing across the American and Canadian West. Bascom was awarded the Pio... |
4888909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems%20Programming%20Language | Systems Programming Language | Systems Programming Language, often shortened to SPL but sometimes known as SPL/3000, was a procedurally-oriented programming language written by Hewlett-Packard for the HP 3000 minicomputer line and first introduced in 1972. SPL was used to write the HP 3000's primary operating system, Multi-Programming Executive (MPE... |
4888949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20podcasting | History of podcasting | Podcasts, previously known as "audioblogs", had its roots dating back to the 1980s. With the advent of broadband Internet access and portable digital audio playback devices such as the iPod, podcasting began to catch hold in late 2004. Today there are more than 115,000 English-language podcasts available on the Interne... |
4889002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar%20Seidlin | Oskar Seidlin | Oskar Seidlin (February 17, 1911 – December 11, 1984) was a Jewish emigre from Nazi Germany first to Switzerland and then to the U.S. He taught German language and literature as a professor at Smith College, Middlebury College, Ohio State University, and Indiana University from 1939 to 1979. He authored a number of fic... |
4889202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus%20%28genus%29 | Octopus (genus) | Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising more than 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans. Many species formerly placed in the genus Octopus are now assigned to other genera within the family. The octopus has 8 arms, averaging 20 cm long for an adult.
Species
Octopus alat... |
4889209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Young%20%28Neighbours%29 | Mike Young (Neighbours) | Mike Young is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Guy Pearce. Pearce was in his final year at school and only had amateur theatre experience when he auditioned for the role. After winning the part of Mike, Pearce soon relocated to Melbourne and began filming in December... |
4889250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Samuels | Joel Samuels | Joel Samuels is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Daniel MacPherson. MacPherson secured the role after auditioning for casting director Jan Russ, who suggested that the script producers write the part of Joel for him. He relocated to Melbourne for filming, and made hi... |
4889333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive%20Gibbons | Clive Gibbons | Clive Gibbons is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Geoff Paine. Paine was spotted by the Reg Grundy Organisation and offered the role of Clive. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 21 January 1986. Clive's storylines included running a gorillagram ... |
4889378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Gottlieb%20%28Neighbours%29 | Mark Gottlieb (Neighbours) | Mark Gottlieb is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, acted by Bruce Samazan. Samazan hoped the role would help him further his aspirations to become a popular Australian actor. He relocated from Sydney to Melbourne for filming and signed a six-month contract, which he then required to exten... |
4889465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bien%20Hoa%20Air%20Base | Bien Hoa Air Base | Bien Hoa Air Base (Vietnamese: Sân bay Biên Hòa) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) military airfield located in South-Central southern Vietnam about from Ho Chi Minh City, across the Dong Nai river in the northern ward of Tân Phong, and within the city of Biên Hòa within Đồng Nai Province. The boomburb city is ... |
4889835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan%20Rang%20Air%20Base | Phan Rang Air Base | Phan Rang Air Base (also called Thành Sơn Air Base) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield in Vietnam. It is located north-northwest of Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm in Ninh Thuận Province.
Initially built by the Imperial Japanese Army about 1942, the airfield was also used ... |
4889856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan%20Son%20Nhut%20Air%20Base | Tan Son Nhut Air Base | Tan Son Nhut Air Base () (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility. It was located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War (1959–1975), stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there. Following the Fall of Saigon, it ... |
4891298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese%20War | Soviet–Japanese War | The Soviet–Japanese War, known in Mongolia as the Liberation War of 1945, was a military conflict within the Second World War beginning soon after the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 7 August 1945, followed by the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. The Soviets and Mongolians ended Jap... |
4891580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20Assistant%20%28Royal%20Navy%29 | Medical Assistant (Royal Navy) | The Medical Assistant is a Royal Navy medical rating in the United Kingdom. Medical Assistants serve on all types of ships in the surface fleet, submarine fleet, Royal Marines, Fleet Air Arm or ashore in a sick bay, hospitals, or other establishment. The equivalent rate in the United States Navy (USN) is hospital corps... |
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