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4891909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20de%20Toledo | Francisco de Toledo | Francisco Álvarez de Toledo (Oropesa, 10 July 1515 – Escalona, 21 April 1582), also known as The Viceroyal Solon, was an aristocrat and soldier of the Kingdom of Spain and the fifth Viceroy of Peru. Often regarded as the "best of Peru's viceroys", he is as often denounced for the negative impact his administration had ... |
4892591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast%20implant | Breast implant | A breast implant is a prosthesis used to change the size, shape, and contour of a person's breast. In reconstructive plastic surgery, breast implants can be placed to restore a natural looking breast following a mastectomy, to correct congenital defects and deformities of the chest wall or, cosmetically, to enlarge the... |
4893354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Keely | Patrick Keely | Patrick Charles Keely (August 9, 1816 — August 11, 1896) was an Irish-American architect based in Brooklyn, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. He was a prolific designer of nearly 600 churches and hundreds of other institutional buildings for the Roman Catholic Church or Roman Catholic patrons in the eastern Unite... |
4893575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania%20in%20the%20Early%20Middle%20Ages | Romania in the Early Middle Ages | The Early Middle Ages in Romania started with the withdrawal of the Roman troops and administration from Dacia province in the 270s. In the next millennium a series of peoples, most of whom only controlled two or three of the nearly ten historical regions that now form Romania, arrived. During this period, society and ... |
4894039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary%20layer%20thickness | Boundary layer thickness | This page describes some of the parameters used to characterize the thickness and shape of boundary layers formed by fluid flowing along a solid surface. The defining characteristic of boundary layer flow is that at the solid walls, the fluid's velocity is reduced to zero. The boundary layer refers to the thin transi... |
4894490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Korean%20famine | North Korean famine | The North Korean Famine (), also known as the Arduous March or the March of Suffering (), was a period of mass starvation together with a general economic crisis from 1994 to 1998 in North Korea. During this time there was an increase in defection from North Korea which peaked towards the end of the famine period.
The... |
4894587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful%20Dead%20discography | Grateful Dead discography | The discography of the rock band the Grateful Dead includes more than 200 albums, the majority of them recorded live in concert. The band has also released more than two dozen singles and a number of videos.
The Grateful Dead formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1965 amid the counterculture of the 1960s. They had... |
4894646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian%20Space%20Agency | Iranian Space Agency | The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān) is Iran's governmental space agency.
Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), which was set up on 13 December 1958.
History ... |
4894735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT40 as well as the first win for an American constructor in a major European ra... |
4895134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Country%20Carnival | West Country Carnival | The West Country Carnival Circuits are an annual celebration featuring a parade of illuminated carts in the English West Country. The celebration dates back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The purpose is to raise money for local charities.
The series of parades in each town now form a major regional festival. Some cart... |
4895341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN%20Chat | MSN Chat | MSN Chat was the Microsoft Network version of IRCX (Internet Relay Chat extensions by Microsoft), which replaced Microsoft Chat, a set of Exchange-based IRCX servers first available in the Microsoft Comic Chat client, although Comic Chat was not required to connect.
History
Client Compatibility
According to the MSN ... |
4895415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Kennedy | Susan Kennedy | Susan Kennedy (also Smith and Kinski) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jackie Woodburne. The character and her family were created by storyliners in an attempt to bring the show back to its roots. Susan made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 Octo... |
4895438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan%20Smith | Milan Smith | Milan Dale Smith Jr. (born May 19, 1942) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Smith's brother, Gordon H. Smith, was a Republican U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2009. Milan Smith is neither a Republican nor a Democrat.
Early ... |
4895577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Weston | Harold Weston | Harold Weston (February 14, 1894 – April 10, 1972) was an American modernist painter, based for many years in the Adirondack Mountains, whose work moved from expressionism to realism to abstraction. He was collected by Duncan Phillips (now the Phillips Collection), widely exhibited in the 1920s and 1930s, and painted m... |
4896496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attalus%20I | Attalus I | Attalus I (), surnamed Soter (, "Savior"; 269–197 BC) was the ruler of the Ionian Greek polis of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama, Turkey) and the larger Pergamene Kingdom from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the adopted son of King Eumenes I, whom he succeeded, and was the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king... |
4896831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Saint%20Pierre%20and%20Miquelon | History of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | The history of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is one of early settlement by Europeans taking advantage of the rich fishing grounds near Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and is characterized by periods of conflict between the French and British.
There is evidence of prehistoric native inhabitants on the islands, but there is no r... |
4897306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Colorado | List of people from Colorado | This is a list of some notable people who have lived in the U.S. State of Colorado. It includes people who were born, raised, or have significant relations with the state.
Coloradans have been prominent in many fields, including literature, entertainment, art, music, politics, and business. This list attempts to maint... |
4898071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th%20Infantry%20Division%20%28Wehrmacht%29 | 44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) | The 44th Infantry Division was formed on 1 April 1938 in Vienna, about two weeks after the Anschluss of Austria. It first saw combat at the start of the war in the Invasion of Poland, and also took part in the Battle of France in 1940. After a 9-month period of coastal defence the division was transferred East. On 22 J... |
4898115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristofferson%20%28album%29 | Kristofferson (album) | Kristofferson is the debut album of singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, which was produced by Fred Foster and released in June 1970 by Monument Records. After working a series of temporary jobs, Kristofferson became a helicopter pilot for oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico. While he worked, he wrote songs and pitche... |
4898920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistball | Fistball | Fistball is a sport of European origin, primarily played in the German-speaking nations of Austria, Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Brazil. The objective of the game is similar to volleyball, in that teams try to hit a ball over a net, but the rules vary from volleyball in several major ways. The current men's ... |
4899097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAM%20%28band%29 | DAM (band) | DAM () is a Palestinian hip-hop group founded in 1999 by brothers Tamer and Suhell Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri from the mixed city of Lod. The group's songs are themed on protest, inequality, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and self-criticism of Arab-Israeli society, including the violence and drug dealing withi... |
4899255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2/18th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 2/18th Battalion (Australia) | The 2/18th Battalion was an Australian Army infantry unit that served during World War II. Formed in June 1940, the battalion was assigned to the 22nd Brigade, which formed part of the Australian 8th Division. After completing basic training, the 2/18th was sent to Singapore and Malaya to strengthen the defences of the... |
4899351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetta%20Carlini | Benedetta Carlini | Benedetta Carlini (20 January 1590 – 7 August 1661) was an Italian Catholic nun who claimed to experience mystic visions. As abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, at Pescia, she had a sexual relationship with one of her nuns, Sister Bartolomea. These came to the attention of the Counter-Reformation papacy, determ... |
4899540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Court%20of%20Korea | Supreme Court of Korea | The Supreme Court of Korea () is the highest ordinary court in the judicial branch of South Korea, seated in Seocho, Seoul. Established under Chapter 5 of the Constitution of South Korea, the Court has ultimate and comprehensive jurisdiction over all cases except those cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Consti... |
4899605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Driscoll | Paddy Driscoll | John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll (January 11, 1895 – June 29, 1968) was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football, he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best overall players in the early years of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducte... |
4899666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Overthrust | Lewis Overthrust | The Lewis Overthrust is a geologic thrust fault structure of the Rocky Mountains found within the bordering national parks of Glacier in Montana, United States and Waterton Lakes in Alberta, Canada. The structure was created due to the collision of tectonic plates about 59-75 million years ago that drove a several mile... |
4899712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Metro%20Junior%20A%20Hockey%20League | Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League | The Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL) is a Canadian developmental junior ice hockey league. The league has primarily had teams in the Greater Toronto Area, Central Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, and Quebec.
As of December 2019, the league's alumni page lists 889 players from 2006 to 2019 who graduated from t... |
4899791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie%20%281976%20film%29 | Carrie (1976 film) | Carrie is a 1976 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen, adapted from Stephen King's 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. The film stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy 16-year-old who is constantly mocked and bullied at school. The film also f... |
4899952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 33rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 19 and 20 June 1965. It was also the twelfth round of the World Sportscar Championship.
After the disappointing results of the previous year's race, Ford returned with an improved version of its GT. There were 11 Fords or Ford-engine... |
4900090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mystery%20of%20Edwin%20Drood%20%28musical%29 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) | The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a musical written by Rupert Holmes based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel of the same name. The show was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). The musical won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical; from among eleven nominations. Holmes re... |
4900391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen%20Parker | Kristen Parker | Kristen Parker is a character from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. She is a co-protagonist and final girl of the third film of the series A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and the false protagonist in the following film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and has appeared in various merchandi... |
4900499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Chalukya%20Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | The Western Chalukya Empire ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries. This Kannadiga dynasty is sometimes called the Kalyani Chalukya after its regal capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan in the modern Bidar District of Karnataka state, and alternatively the Later Chalukya f... |
4900822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania%20in%20World%20War%20I | Romania in World War I | The Kingdom of Romania was neutral for the first two years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, before reentering the war on 10 November 1918. It had the most significant oil fields in Europe, and Germany... |
4900828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismah | Ismah | ‘Iṣmah or ‘Isma (; literally, "protection") is the concept of incorruptible innocence, immunity from sin, or moral infallibility in Islamic theology, and which is especially prominent in Shia Islam. In Shia theology, ismah is characteristic of prophets, imams, and angels. When attributed to human beings, ismah means "t... |
4901066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreen%20%26%20District%20Football%20League | Coreen & District Football League | The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales, initially formed in 1909. The netball competition commenced in 1972 in line with the football fixture. The league was disbanded at the end of the 2007 season after 99 years of co... |
4901124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Class%20%28TV%20series%29 | The Class (TV series) | The Class is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 18, 2006, to March 5, 2007. The series followed the lives of eight very different alumni of the fictional Woodman Elementary School. The show was created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik's production company CraneKlarik in association with Warne... |
4901138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle%20Australian%20Football%20League | Newcastle Australian Football League | The Newcastle Australian Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Hunter region around the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
The first clubs (Northumberland, Lambton, Newcastle City, Singleton and Wallsend & Plattsburg) began playing against each other in 1883. Originally known ... |
4901146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium%20production%20in%20Afghanistan | Opium production in Afghanistan | Afghanistan has long had a history of opium poppy cultivation and harvest. As of 2021, Afghanistan's harvest produces more than 90% of illicit heroin globally, and more than 95% of the European supply. More land is used for opium in Afghanistan than is used for coca cultivation in Latin America. The country has been th... |
4901166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydford%20Castle | Lydford Castle | Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, Devon, England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England. It was intended to help control Devon following the wides... |
4901275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Riverina%20Football%20League | Northern Riverina Football League | The Northern Riverina Football Netball League (NRFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing five clubs based in the northern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features four grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being Seniors, Under 17s, Unde... |
4901756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland%20rugby%20league%20team | Queensland rugby league team | The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons" after the colour of their jersey, they play three times a year against arch-rivals New South Wales in the State of Origin series. The team is currently coached by Billy Slater and captained b... |
4901771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolina%20Magdangal | Jolina Magdangal | Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal-Escueta (; born November 6, 1978) is a Filipino singer, actress, television presenter, endorser, commercial model, philanthropist and entrepreneur. Referred to as the Queen of Philippine Pop Culture, she is known for her pop music and camp style. A prominent cultural figure in the modern er... |
4901934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLC%20School | MLC School | MLC School (previously Methodist Ladies' College) is an independent Uniting Church single-sex early learning, primary, and secondary day school for girls, located in the inner western Sydney suburb of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. The school enrols students from early learning, through kindergarten to year 12.
... |
4902101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete%20choice | Discrete choice | In economics, discrete choice models, or qualitative choice models, describe, explain, and predict choices between two or more discrete alternatives, such as entering or not entering the labor market, or choosing between modes of transport. Such choices contrast with standard consumption models in which the quantity of... |
4902239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonement%20%282007%20film%29 | Atonement (2007 film) | Atonement is a 2007 romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film chronicles a crime and its consequences over the course of six decades, beginning in th... |
4902297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho%20%28franchise%29 | Psycho (franchise) | Psycho is an American horror franchise consisting of six films loosely based on the Psycho novels by Robert Bloch: Psycho, Psycho II, Psycho III, Bates Motel, Psycho IV: The Beginning, the 1998 remake of the original film, and additional merchandise spanning various media. The first film, Psycho, was directed by filmma... |
4902447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Air%20Force%20in%20Thailand | United States Air Force in Thailand | The United States Air Force (USAF) deployed combat aircraft to Thailand from 1960 to 1975 during the Vietnam War. Today, US military units train with other Asian militaries in Thailand. Royal Thai Air Force Bases are an important element in the Pentagon's "forward positioning" strategy.
Vietnam War
During the Vietnam... |
4902493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune%20%28board%20game%29 | Dune (board game) | Dune is a strategy board game set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe, published by Avalon Hill in 1979. The game was designed by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge and Peter Olotka. After many years out of print, the game was reissued by Gale Force Nine in 2019 in advance of the 2021 Dune film adaptation.
History
The game was... |
4903990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo%20%C3%81lvarez | Marcelo Álvarez | Marcelo Raúl Álvarez (born February 27, 1962) is an Argentine lyric tenor who achieved international success starting in the mid-1990s.
Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active to... |
4904012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhli%20Royal%20Thai%20Air%20Force%20Base | Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base | Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility in central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli District, Nakhon Sawan Province.
Units
Takhli is the home of the Royal Thai Air Force Wing 4, 3d Air Division. Squadrons assigned are:
401 Light Attack Squa... |
4904102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubon%20Royal%20Thai%20Air%20Force%20Base | Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base | Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility located near the city of Ubon Ratchathani, in Ubon Ratchathani Province. It is approximately 488 km (303 miles) northeast of Bangkok. The Laos border is about directly east. The facility is also used as a civil airport.
Ubon RTAFB is the home of... |
4904144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Tapao%20Royal%20Thai%20Navy%20Airfield | U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield | U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a military airfield of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) approximately southeast of Bangkok in the Ban Chang District of Rayong Province near Sattahip on the Gulf of Thailand. It is serves as the home of the RTN First Air Wing.
Name
U-Tapao () is a compound of cradle or drydock and trade... |
4904460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Expeditionary%20Force%20order%20of%20battle%20%281940%29 | British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940) | This is the British Expeditionary Force order of battle on 9 May 1940, the day before the German forces initiated the Battle of France.
High-level order of battle
First Expeditionary Force
General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
5th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Franklyn)
I Corps (Lieutenant-General Mic... |
4904530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Leeds | Economy of Leeds | The economy of Leeds is the most diverse economy of all the UK's main employment centres and has seen the fastest rate of private-sector jobs growth of any UK city and has the highest ratio of public to private sector jobs of all the UK's Core Cities. Leeds has the third-largest jobs total by local authority area with ... |
4904667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20triangle%20inequalities | List of triangle inequalities | In geometry, triangle inequalities are inequalities involving the parameters of triangles, that hold for every triangle, or for every triangle meeting certain conditions. The inequalities give an ordering of two different values: they are of the form "less than", "less than or equal to", "greater than", or "greater tha... |
4904928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20vPro | Intel vPro | Intel vPro technology is an umbrella marketing term used by Intel for a large collection of computer hardware technologies, including VT-x, VT-d, Trusted Execution Technology (TXT), and Intel Active Management Technology (AMT). When the vPro brand was launched (circa 2007), it was identified primarily with AMT, thus so... |
4904950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Mitchell | Joan Mitchell | Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artists in the 1950s. A native of Chicago, she is associated with the American abstrac... |
4905353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LocoRoco | LocoRoco | LocoRoco (Japanese: ロコロコ, Romaji: Rokoroko) is a platform video game developed by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, which was released worldwide in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game console. The game was developed by Tsutomu Kouno, striving to create a game that was differen... |
4905401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%20Spiegelgrund%20clinic | Am Spiegelgrund clinic | Am Spiegelgrund was a children's clinic in Vienna during World War II, where 789 patients were murdered under child euthanasia in Nazi Germany. Between 1940 and 1945, the clinic operated as part of the psychiatric hospital Am Steinhof later known as the Otto Wagner Clinic within the Baumgartner Medical Center located i... |
4905590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%20General%20Entertainment%20Content | Disney General Entertainment Content | Disney General Entertainment Content (DGEC), formerly ABC Group, Disney–ABC Television Group and the second incarnation of Walt Disney Television, is part of Disney Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company that oversees its owned-and-operated television content, assets and sub-divisions.
Following the full... |
4905882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paden%20City%20High%20School | Paden City High School | Paden City High School is a 7–12 grade, class A high school in Wetzel County, West Virginia in the small town of Paden City.
Paden City High School opened its doors as a 9-12 school in 1951 and graduated its first class in 1952. , Paden City High School houses grades 7-12 with an enrollment of 158.
PCHS has received ... |
4906279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20Valley%20Central%20High%20School | Hopewell Valley Central High School | Hopewell Valley Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school operating as part of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough, three communities in Mercer County, in the U.S. stat... |
4906482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicious%20Circle%20%28comics%29 | Vicious Circle (comics) | The Vicious Circle is a criminal organization of mutants, cyborgs, monsters, assassins, and magicians that serves as the primary opponents for the superheroes in Erik Larsen's comic-book titles, primarily the Dragon.
Overview
The group has a varying line-up, sometimes consisting of five-to-six members and sometimes h... |
4906530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20World%20Snooker%20Championship | 2002 World Snooker Championship | The 2002 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2002 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May 2002 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the final ranking event of the 2001–02 snooker sea... |
4906562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libera%20Universit%C3%A0%20Internazionale%20degli%20Studi%20Sociali%20Guido%20Carli | Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli | Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali "Guido Carli" (Italian for Free International University of Social Studies "Guido Carli"), known by the acronym "LUISS" or "LUISS Guido Carli", is a private university located in Rome, Italy, founded in 1974 by a group of entrepreneurs led by Umberto Agnelli, brother... |
4907323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi%20Sang | Yi Sang | Kim Hae-Gyeong (, September 23, 1910 – April 17, 1937), also known as his art name Yi Sang (이상, 李箱) was a writer and poet who lived in Korea under Japanese rule. He is well-known for his poems and novels, such as Crow's-Eye View and Wings. He is considered as one of the most important and revolutionary writers of moder... |
4907523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20New%20Church%20%28Swedenborgian%29 | The New Church (Swedenborgian) | The New Church (or Swedenborgianism) is any of several historically related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious group, influenced by the writings of scientist and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772).
Swedenborgian organisations acknowledge what they believe to be the universal nature of God's c... |
4907747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Encarnaci%C3%B3n | Edwin Encarnación | Edwin Elpidio Encarnación Rivera (born January 7, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball designated hitter, third baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox. Encar... |
4908068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20de%20Guadarrama | Sierra de Guadarrama | The Sierra de Guadarrama (Guadarrama Mountains) is a mountain range forming the main eastern section of the Sistema Central, the system of mountain ranges along the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It is located between the systems Sierra de Gredos in the province of Ávila, and Sierra de Ayllón in the province of Guada... |
4908176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Religious%20Freedom%20Act%20of%201998 | International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 | The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292, as amended by Public Law 106–55, Public Law 106–113, Public Law 107–228, Public Law 108–332, and Public Law 108–458) was passed to promote religious freedom as a foreign policy of the United States, to promote greater religious freedom in countries wh... |
4908299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20H.%20Steuart%20%28brigadier%20general%29 | George H. Steuart (brigadier general) | George Hume Steuart (August 24, 1828 – November 22, 1903) was a planter in Maryland and an American military officer; he served thirteen years in the United States Army before resigning his commission at the start of the American Civil War. He joined the Confederacy and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Army... |
4908723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius%20%28Highlander%29 | Darius (Highlander) | Darius is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Werner Stocker. He first appeared in the season one episode "Band of Brothers" (1993) and is featured in four subsequent episodes of the same season, as well as in one Highlander novel. A two-thousand-year-old Immortal living as a monk in P... |
4909775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni%20Ca.60 | Caproni Ca.60 | The Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo, often referred to as the Noviplano (nine-wing) or Capronissimo, was the prototype of a large nine-wing flying boat intended to become a 100-passenger transatlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings.
Only one example of this aircraft, designed by Italian av... |
4909834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20line%20filter | Atomic line filter | An atomic line filter (ALF) is a more effective optical band-pass filter used in the physical sciences for filtering electromagnetic radiation with precision, accuracy, and minimal signal strength loss. Atomic line filters work via the absorption or resonance lines of atomic vapors and so may also be designated an atom... |
4909854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1ssico%20dos%20Milh%C3%B5es | Clássico dos Milhões | The Clássico dos Milhões (English: Derby of Millions) is the name given to Flamengo and Vasco da Gama association football derby, both teams from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Considered as one of the most fiercely contested derbies in Brazilian football, both in historic rivalry and in popularity. It has been na... |
4910965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima%20Peace%20Memorial%20Park | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park | is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000). The Hiroshima Peace Memor... |
4911369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk%20carioca | Funk carioca | Funk carioca (), also known as favela funk, in other parts of the world as baile funk and Brazilian funk, or even simply funk, is a hip hop-influenced music genre from Rio de Janeiro, blending the rap subgenres of Miami bass and gangsta rap. Despite its name, funk carioca has no musical correlation with the American fu... |
4911855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20White%20%28American%20football%29 | Pat White (American football) | Patrick Christian White (born February 25, 1986) is an American football offensive assistant for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL), and former West Virginia University quarterback. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round (44th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.
White was also... |
4912205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers%27%20and%20Sailors%27%20Monument%20%28Cleveland%29 | Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland) | The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a major Civil War monument in Cleveland, Ohio, honoring the more than 9,000 individuals from Cuyahoga County who served the Union throughout the war. It was dedicated on July 4, 1894, and is located on the southeast quadrant of Public Square in Downtown Cleveland. ... |
4912446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interprocedural%20optimization | Interprocedural optimization | Interprocedural optimization (IPO) is a collection of compiler techniques used in computer programming to improve performance in programs containing many frequently used functions of small or medium length. IPO differs from other compiler optimizations by analyzing the entire program as opposed to a single function or ... |
4912876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane%20Roar%20FC | Brisbane Roar FC | Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.
Brisbane competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, and has Ross... |
4912964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscorp | Oscorp | Oscorp (sometimes stylized as OsCorp), also known as Oscorp Industries, is a fictional multibillion-dollar multinational corporation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, predominantly in stories about Spider-Man. The company was founded by Norman Osborn and has appeared in numerous media adapta... |
4913016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlito%20%28wrestler%29 | Carlito (wrestler) | Carlos Edwin Colón Coates Jr. (born February 21, 1979) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Carlito as a member of the Latino World Order.
He is a member of the Colón wrestling family, being the son of Carlos Colón. He mad... |
4913027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20court | Supreme court | In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically func... |
4913064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand | New Zealand | New Zealand ( ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, ... |
4913435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Sanchez | Mark Sanchez | Mark Travis John Sanchez (born November 11, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected by the New York Jets in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. ... |
4913637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Hewson | Ali Hewson | Alison Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is married to singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock group U2.
Raised in Raheny, she met her future husband at age 12 at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, and married him in 1982. She was awarded a degre... |
4913827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium%20mining | Uranium mining | Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. Over 50 thousand tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia were the top three uranium producers, respectively, and together account for 68% of world production. Other countries producing more than 1,000 tons per y... |
4913855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical%20Division%2C%20U.S.%20Signal%20Corps | Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps | The Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps (1907–1914) was the first heavier-than-air military aviation organization in history and the progenitor of the United States Air Force. A component of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, the Aeronautical Division procured the first powered military aircraft in 1909, created schools to tr... |
4913980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito%20Cereno | Benito Cereno | Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855. The tale, slightly revised, was included in his short story collection The Piazza Tales that appeared in May ... |
4914238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threnody%20%28comics%29 | Threnody (comics) | Threnody is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has appeared in the X-Men series.
Fictional character biography
Melody Jacobs was born in Manhattan, New York City. She led a relatively normal life until her mutant powers manifested in adolescence. She foun... |
4914360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation%20Section%2C%20U.S.%20Signal%20Corps | Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps | The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, was the aerial warfare service of the United States from 1914 to 1918, and a direct statutory ancestor of the United States Air Force. It absorbed and replaced the Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps, and conducted the activities of Army aviation until its statutory responsibilities ... |
4914598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Transformers%20%28TV%20series%29 | The Transformers (TV series) | The Transformers is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication
based upon Hasbro's Transformers toy line. The first television series in the Transformers franchise, it depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and o... |
4914914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan%20Ibragimov | Sultan Ibragimov | Sultan-Ahmed Magomedsalihovich Ibragimov (, ; born 8 March 1975) is a Russian former professional boxer of Dagestani descent. He competed from 2002 to 2008, and held the WBO world heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's seventh best active heavyweight in 2005 and 2006, and sixth in 2... |
4914941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur%20assimilation | Sulfur assimilation | Sulfur assimilation is the process by which living organisms incorporate sulfur into their biological molecules. In plants, sulfate is absorbed by the roots and then be transported to the chloroplasts by the transipration stream where the sulfur are reduced to sulfide with the help of a series of enzymatic reactions. F... |
4915083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Italy | Rugby union in Italy | Rugby union in Italy is governed by the Italian Rugby Federation. Rugby was introduced into Italy in the early 1900s. It is also known as pallovale or palla ovale ("oval ball") within Italy. Two Italian professional teams (Treviso and Zebre) compete in United Rugby Championship, a league that also includes sides from ... |
4915103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainforth%20and%20Keadby%20Canal | Stainforth and Keadby Canal | The Stainforth and Keadby Canal is a navigable canal in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England. It connects the River Don Navigation at Bramwith to the River Trent at Keadby, by way of Stainforth, Thorne and Ealand, near Crowle. It opened in 1802, passed into the control of the River Don Navigation in 1849, and wit... |
4915182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20permutation%20statistics | Random permutation statistics | The statistics of random permutations, such as the cycle structure of a random permutation are of fundamental importance in the analysis of algorithms, especially of sorting algorithms, which operate on random permutations. Suppose, for example, that we are using quickselect (a cousin of quicksort) to select a random e... |
4915222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameen%20Rihani | Ameen Rihani | Ameen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī) ( / ALA-LC: Amīn ar-Rīḥānī; Freike, Lebanon, November 24, 1876 – September 13, 1940), was a Lebanese American writer, intellectual and political activist. He was also a major figure in the mahjar literary movement developed by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theor... |
4915709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Desmond | Richard Desmond | Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is a British publisher, businessman and former pornographer.
According to the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List, Desmond was the 107th richest person in the United Kingdom. He is the founder of Northern & Shell, a publisher known for running The Health Lottery and for having owne... |
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