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4916008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate%20television | Pirate television | A pirate television station is a broadcast television station that operates without a broadcast license. Like its counterpart pirate radio, the term pirate TV lacks a specific universal interpretation. It implies a form of broadcasting that is unwelcome by the licensing authorities within the territory where its signa... |
4916685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20Knowledge%20Organization%20System | Simple Knowledge Organization System | Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a W3C recommendation designed for representation of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject-heading systems, or any other type of structured controlled vocabulary. SKOS is part of the Semantic Web family of standards built upon RDF and RDFS, and its main obje... |
4916690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921%20Tampa%20Bay%20hurricane | 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane | The Tampa Bay hurricane of 1921 (also known as the 1921 Tarpon Springs hurricane) was a destructive and deadly major hurricane which made landfall in the Tampa Bay area of Florida in late October 1921. The eleventh tropical cyclone, sixth tropical storm, and fifth hurricane of the season, the storm developed from a tro... |
4917401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2066%20in%20Oklahoma | U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma | The historic U.S. Route 66 (US-66, Route 66), sometimes known as the Will Rogers Highway after Oklahoma native Will Rogers, ran from west to northeast across the state of Oklahoma, along the path now taken by Interstate 40 (I-40) and State Highway 66 (SH-66). It passed through Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and many smaller com... |
4917584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20355 | Maryland Route 355 | Maryland Route 355 (MD 355) is a north–south road in western central Maryland in the United States. The southern terminus of the route, Wisconsin Avenue, is located in Bethesda in Montgomery County, at the county's border with Washington, D.C. It continues south into Washington, D.C. as Wisconsin Avenue NW. The north... |
4917604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus | Corvus | Corvus is a widely distributed genus of birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the carrion crow, hooded crow, common raven, and rook; those discovered later were named "crow" or... |
4917686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-body%20simulation | N-body simulation | In physics and astronomy, an N-body simulation is a simulation of a dynamical system of particles, usually under the influence of physical forces, such as gravity (see n-body problem for other applications). N-body simulations are widely used tools in astrophysics, from investigating the dynamics of few-body systems li... |
4917774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal%20from%20the%20European%20Union | Withdrawal from the European Union | Withdrawal from the European Union is the legal and political process whereby an EU member state ceases to be a member of the Union. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) states that "Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements".
Currently, t... |
4918316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkzone | Darkzone | Darkzone, Laserzone, Megazone, Ultrazone and Zone 3 are a group of laser skirmish sites that use laser tag systems manufactured by P&C Micros of Melbourne, Australia. These systems and sites are sometimes collectively referred to as being a part of the "Zone Empire" and in most cases incorporate the word "Zone" in thei... |
4918775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915%20Galveston%20hurricane | 1915 Galveston hurricane | The 1915 Galveston hurricane was a tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Galveston area in August 1915. Widespread damage was also documented throughout its path across the Caribbean Sea and the interior of the United States. Due to similarities in strength and trajectory, the storm drew comparisons with... |
4918951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genseishin%20Justirisers | Genseishin Justirisers | , translated into English as Phantom Star God Justirisers, is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho and airing on TV Tokyo. This series is the second in Toho's Seishin (Star God) series. The show aired 51 episodes between October 2, 2004 and September 24, 2005.
Justirisers
The Justirisers
The Justirisers a... |
4919310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretation%20of%20Schizophrenia | Interpretation of Schizophrenia | Interpretation of Schizophrenia (first edition, 1955) is a book by Italy-born American psychiatrist Silvano Arieti in which the author sets forth demonstrative evidence of a psychological etiology for schizophrenia.
Arieti expanded the book vastly in 1974 () and that edition won the U.S. National Book Award in the Sci... |
4919393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerGames | RollerGames | RollerGames is a U.S. television series that presented a theatrical version of the sport of roller derby, and featured a number of skaters who had been in the Roller Games league (1961–1975), as well as younger participants. It was broadcast for one season (1989–1990). The series came from the combination of Roller Ga... |
4919593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20Scientology | Timeline of Scientology | This is a Timeline of Scientology, particularly its foundation and development by author L. Ron Hubbard as well as general publications, articles, books and other milestones.
1938
L. Ron Hubbard authors a manuscript called "Excalibur" which contains ideas that were later incorporated into Scientology.
1949
First pu... |
4919653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth-bearer | Truth-bearer | A truth-bearer is an entity that is said to be either true or false and nothing else. The thesis that some things are true while others are false has led to different theories about the nature of these entities. Since there is divergence of opinion on the matter, the term truth-bearer is used to be neutral among the v... |
4919879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Rebelde%20characters | List of Rebelde characters | This article contains a list of characters from the telenovela Rebelde.
Rebelde features several different plotlines, many of which are put on hold for several episodes before they are resumed. Many of the minor characters often play central roles for a few episode before returning to the background.
Overview
The c... |
4919969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sri%20Lankan%20Tamils | List of Sri Lankan Tamils | This is a list of notable Tamils of Sri Lanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. Tamils of Sri Lanka today are a trans-national minority and are found across the globe.
Sri Lanka
Academics
Srikanthalakshmi Arulanandam -... |
4920175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett%20Favre | Brett Favre | Brett Lorenzo Favre ( ; born October 10, 1969) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. Favre had 321 consecutive starts from 1992 to 2010, including 297 regular season games, the most in league history. He was also... |
4920492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula%20Commute | Peninsula Commute | The Peninsula Commute, also known as the Southern Pacific Peninsula or just Peninsula, was the common name for commuter rail service between San Jose, California and San Francisco, California on the San Francisco Peninsula. This service ran as a private, for-profit enterprise beginning in 1863. Due to operating losses,... |
4920702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hook%20Park | Red Hook Park | Red Hook Recreation Area, also known as Red Hook Park, is a public park in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, composed of several segments centered around Bay Street. The park's recreational facilities include handball courts, softball fields, a soccer and football field, and a running track. The So... |
4920721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXEL-TV | WXEL-TV | WXEL-TV (channel 42) is a PBS member television station licensed to Boynton Beach, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area. Owned by South Florida PBS, it is a sister station to Miami-based flagship and fellow PBS member WPBT (channel 2) and Class A station WURH-CD (channel 13). The three stations shar... |
4920830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprica | Caprica | Caprica is an American science fiction drama television series. A spin-off prequel of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004), Caprica is set 58 years before the main series. Caprica shows how humanity first created the Cylon androids who would later turn against their human masters. Among Caprica'''s main characte... |
4921176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20of%20ancient%20Rome | Military of ancient Rome | The military of ancient Rome was one of largest pre-modern professional standing armies that ever existed. At its height, protecting over 7,000 kilometers of border and consisting of over 400,000 legionaries and auxiliaries, the army was the most important institution in the Roman world. According to Titus Livius, one ... |
4921308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiplash%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29 | Whiplash (Marvel Comics) | Whiplash is the name of multiple supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are commonly depicted as members of Iron Man's rogues gallery. The original Whiplash (Mark Scarlotti) also went by the name Blacklash. Mickey Rourke portrayed Whiplash (Ivan Vanko) in the Marvel Cinematic U... |
4921537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Hill | Walter Hill | Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his action films and revival of the Western genre. He has directed such films as The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and Red Heat, and wrote the screenpl... |
4921759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner%20detection | Corner detection | Corner detection is an approach used within computer vision systems to extract certain kinds of features and infer the contents of an image. Corner detection is frequently used in motion detection, image registration, video tracking, image mosaicing, panorama stitching, 3D reconstruction and object recognition. Corner ... |
4922608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd%20Battalion%2C%2023rd%20Marines | 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines | 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment (3/23) is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout the Southern United States consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. The battalion was first formed in 1943 for service in the Central Pacific Area during World War II, taking part... |
4922895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Masked%20Rider%20monsters | List of Masked Rider monsters | In Masked Rider, Count Dregon has monsters called Insectovores which he uses in his plots. They are kept in jars which come to life when they are launched from the Spiderbase.
Monster List
Here is a list of monsters used by Count Dregon and his minions:
Destructosphere
First Appearance: "Escape from Edenoi" Pt. 1 (9... |
4922964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz%20C-Class%20%28W204%29 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204) | The Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204) is the third generation of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. It was manufactured and marketed by Mercedes-Benz in sedan/saloon (2007–2014), station wagon/estate (2008–2014) and coupé (2011–2015) bodystyles, with styling by Karlheinz Bauer and Peter Pfeiffer.
The C-Class was available in rear-... |
4923547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20%26%20King | King & King | King & King is a children's picture book co-authored and co-illustrated by Stern Nijland and Linda De Haan. King & King tells the story of a young prince whose mother is forcing him to find his princess. However, after meeting many princesses, the prince falls in love with another prince. King & King was originally wri... |
4923630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Sur%20River | Little Sur River | The Little Sur River is a long river on the Central Coast of California. The river and its main tributary, the South Fork, drain a watershed of about of the Big Sur area, a thinly settled region of the Central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The South Fork and th... |
4923690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20hair | Body hair | Body hair, or androgenic hair, is terminal hair that develops on the human body during and after puberty. It is different from head hair and also from less visible vellus hair, which is much finer and lighter in colour. Growth of androgenic hair is related to the level of androgens (male hormones) and the density of an... |
4923749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut%20national%20d%27%C3%A9tudes%20d%C3%A9mographiques | Institut national d'études démographiques | The French Institute for Demographic Studies (French: Institut national d'études démographiques, INED) is a French research institute specializing in demography and population studies in general.
History
Before 1945
In 1941, Nobel Prize winner Alexis Carrel, an early proponent of eugenics and euthanasia, and a member... |
4923933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming%20of%20Mars | Terraforming of Mars | The terraforming of Mars or the terraformation of Mars is a hypothetical procedure that would consist of a planetary engineering project or concurrent projects, with the goal to transform Mars from a planet hostile to terrestrial life to one that can sustainably host humans and other lifeforms free of protection or med... |
4923981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping%20in%20baseball | Doping in baseball | Doping in baseball has been an ongoing issue for Major League Baseball (MLB). After repeated use by some of the most successful professional baseball players in MLB history, these banned substances found their way to the collegiate level. At the junior college level, due to lack of funding and NCAA drug testing, the a... |
4923982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming%20of%20Venus | Terraforming of Venus | The terraforming of Venus or the terraformation of Venus is the hypothetical process of engineering the global environment of the planet Venus in order to make it suitable for human habitation. Adjustments to the existing environment of Venus to support human life would require at least three major changes to the plane... |
4924254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination%20of%20Abraham%20Lincoln | Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in... |
4924454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20the%20Protestant%20Reformation | Women in the Protestant Reformation | The status of Women in the Protestant Reformation was deeply influenced by Bible study, as the Reformation promoted literacy and Bible study in order to study God's will in what a society should look like. This influenced women's lives in both positive and negative ways, depending on what scripture and passages of the ... |
4924578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20factor | Structure factor | In condensed matter physics and crystallography, the static structure factor (or structure factor for short) is a mathematical description of how a material scatters incident radiation. The structure factor is a critical tool in the interpretation of scattering patterns (interference patterns) obtained in X-ray, electr... |
4924621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminence%20Symphony%20Orchestra | Eminence Symphony Orchestra | The Eminence Symphony Orchestra founded in Sydney, Australia is an independent symphony orchestra which delves into the classical music featured in video games and anime, as well as film scores.
History
Eminence was founded in 2003 by a small group of friends, led by the virtuoso solo violinist Hiroaki Yura. The diff... |
4924787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia%20digitata | Adansonia digitata | Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman). These are long-lived pachycauls; radiocarbon dating has shown some individuals to be over 2,000 years old. They are ty... |
4924848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy%20Harvin | Percy Harvin | William Percival Harvin III (born May 28, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, who won the BCS National Championship in 2006 and 2008. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fir... |
4925765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20protected%20areas%20of%20China | List of protected areas of China | This is a list of the nationally designated protected areas of China. There are many forms of protected areas in China. Based on their relative importance, each type of protected area can be further graded into two to three levels (national, provincial and prefectural/county level). Nevertheless, the highest rank for... |
4926056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect%20wing | Insect wing | Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwings, respectively, though a few insects lack hindwings, even rudiments. Th... |
4926798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20World%20Snooker%20Championship | 1987 World Snooker Championship | The 1987 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1987 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 18 April and 4 May 1987 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1986–8... |
4926805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican%20sacraments | Anglican sacraments | In keeping with its prevailing self-identity as a via media or "middle path" of Western Christianity, Anglican sacramental theology expresses elements in keeping with its status as a church in the catholic tradition and a church of the Reformation. With respect to sacramental theology the Catholic tradition is perhaps... |
4926840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20World%20Snooker%20Championship | 1985 World Snooker Championship | The 1985 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1985 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a ranking professional snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker ... |
4927199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhyavandanam | Sandhyavandanam | Sandhyavandanam (Sanskrit: , , lit. 'salutation to (Goddess) Twilight' or 'salutation during the twilight')
is a mandatory religious ritual centring around the recitation of the Gayatri mantra, traditionally supposed to be performed three times a day by Dvija communities of Hindus, particularly those initiated through... |
4927364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher%20Education%20Act%20of%201965 | Higher Education Act of 1965 | The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) () was legislation signed into United States law on November 8, 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda. Johnson chose Texas State University (then called "Southwest Texas State College"), his alma mater, as the signing site. The law was intended ... |
4927657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spray%20forming | Spray forming | Spray forming, also known as spray casting, spray deposition and in-situ compaction, is a method of casting near net shape metal components with homogeneous microstructures via the deposition of semi-solid sprayed droplets onto a shaped substrate. In spray forming an alloy is melted, normally in an induction furnace, t... |
4927857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Jeremy%20Kyle%20Show | The Jeremy Kyle Show | The Jeremy Kyle Show is a British tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle and produced by ITV Studios. It premiered on the ITV network on 4 July 2005, and ran for seventeen series until its cancellation on 10 May 2019. It was the most popular programme in ITV's daytime schedule, broadcast on weekday mornings and re... |
4927911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volver | Volver | Volver (, meaning "to go back") is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region... |
4928028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Poulton | Ronald Poulton | Ronald 'Ronnie' William Poulton (later sometimes Poulton-Palmer) (12 September 1889 – 5 May 1915) was an English rugby union footballer, who captained . He was killed in the First World War during the Second Battle of Ypres.
Born in north Oxford, he was the son of Emily Palmer and her husband, the zoologist Sir Edward... |
4928090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascar%20%28volcano%29 | Lascar (volcano) | Lascar is a stratovolcano in Chile within the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, a volcanic arc that spans Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. It is the most active volcano in the region, with records of eruptions going back to 1848. It is composed of two separate cones with several summit craters. The westernmost cra... |
4928424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid%20Khaqan%20Abbasi | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), and secretary-general of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-PTI c... |
4928504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathysphere | Bathysphere | The Bathysphere () was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934. The Bathysphere was designed in 1928 and 1929 by the American engineer Otis Barton, to be used by the naturalist... |
4928560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian%20%28The%20War%20of%20the%20Worlds%29 | Martian (The War of the Worlds) | The Martians, also known as the Invaders, are the race of extraterrestrials and the main antagonists from the H.G. Wells 1898 novel The War of the Worlds. They are the main antagonists of the novel, and their efforts to exterminate the populace of the Earth and claim the planet for themselves drive the plot and present... |
4928580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%20%28surname%29 | Bell (surname) | Bell is a surname common in English speaking countries with several word-origins.
The surname is derived from the Middle English bell. This surname likely originated as an occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker; or else from a topographic name for someone who lived by an actual bell, or by a house sign or i... |
4928626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys%20Identified%20Mail | DomainKeys Identified Mail | DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication method designed to detect forged sender addresses in email (email spoofing), a technique often used in phishing and email spam.
DKIM allows the receiver to check that an email that claimed to have come from a specific domain was indeed authorized by the owne... |
4929313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th%20New%20York%20Infantry%20Regiment | 79th New York Infantry Regiment | The 79th New York Infantry Regiment was a military regiment organized on 20 June 1859, in the state of New York. Prior to the American Civil War it was one of the three regiments which formed the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia. The 79th gained fame during the American Civil War for i... |
4929510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikiya%20Koyama | Rikiya Koyama | is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator currently affiliated with Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono, Kamen no Maid Guy and Yakuza, and has become well known for voicing Yamato in Naruto Shippuden and Kogoro Mouri in Case Closed. In addition, he is known fo... |
4929562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Payne | Anthony Payne | Anthony Edward Payne (2 August 1936 – 30 April 2021) was an English composer, music critic and musicologist. He is best known for his acclaimed completion of Edward Elgar's third symphony, which subsequently gained wide acceptance into Elgar's oeuvre. Apart from opera, his own works include representatives of most trad... |
4929717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastopexy | Mastopexy | Mastopexy (Greek μαστός mastos "breast" + -pēxiā "affix") is the plastic surgery mammoplasty procedure for raising sagging breasts upon the chest of the woman, by changing and modifying the size, contour, and elevation of the breasts. In a breast-lift surgery to re-establish an aesthetically proportionate bust for the ... |
4929721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambassa | Nambassa | Nambassa was a series of hippie-conceived New Zealand festivals held from 1976 to 1981 on large farms around Waihi and Waikino in the Waikato. They were music, arts and alternatives festivals that focused on peace, love, and an environmentally friendly lifestyle. In addition to popular entertainment, they featured work... |
4930035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20World%20Snooker%20Championship | 1989 World Snooker Championship | The 1989 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 April to 1 May 1989 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association,... |
4930095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathophysiology%20of%20multiple%20sclerosis | Pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis | Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS in which activated immune cells invade the central nervous system and cause inflammation, neurodegeneration, and tissue damage. The underlying cause is currently unknown. Current research in neuropathology, neuroimmunology, neurobiology, and neuroim... |
4930128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20World%20Snooker%20Championship | 1988 World Snooker Championship | The 1988 World Snooker Championship, also known as the 1988 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons, was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 April to 2 May 1988 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (... |
4930395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel%20by%20region | Biodiesel by region | This article describes the use and availability of biodiesel in various countries around the world.
Argentina
Argentina’s biodiesel industries are booming as a result of domestic demand along with strong export markets. Biodiesel production in Argentina grew from 130,000 tons in 2006 to 2.5 million tons in 2010, expec... |
4930830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong%20customs%20and%20culture | Hmong customs and culture | The Hmong people are an ethnic group currently native to several countries, believed to have come from the Yangtze river basin area in southern China. The Hmong are known in China as the Miao, which encompasses not only Hmong, but also other related groups such as Hmu, Qo Xiong and A-Hmao. There is debate about usage o... |
4930839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Room | East Room | The East Room is an event and reception room in the Executive Residence, which is a building of the White House complex, the home of the president of the United States. The East Room is the largest room in the Executive Residence; it is used for dances, receptions, press conferences, ceremonies, concerts, and banquets.... |
4931301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20Dining%20Room%20of%20the%20White%20House | State Dining Room of the White House | The State Dining Room is the larger of two dining rooms on the State Floor of the Executive Residence of the White House, the home of the president of the United States in Washington, D.C. It is used for receptions, luncheons, larger formal dinners, and state dinners for visiting heads of state on state visits. The ro... |
4931522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mountebanks | The Mountebanks | The Mountebanks is a comic opera in two acts with music by Alfred Cellier and Ivan Caryll and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns a magic potion that causes the person to whom it is administered to become what he or she has pretended to be. It is similar to several "magic lozenge" plots that Gilbert had pro... |
4931811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%20Bank | Ottoman Bank | The Ottoman Bank (), known from 1863 to 1925 as the Imperial Ottoman Bank (, ) and correspondingly referred to by its French acronym BIO, was a bank that played a major role in the financial history of the Ottoman Empire. By the early 20th century, it was the dominant bank in the Ottoman Empire, and one of the largest ... |
4932111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor | Capacitor | A capacitor is an electronic device that stores electrical energy in an electric field by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other. It is a passive electronic component with two terminals.
The effect of a capacitor is known as capacitance. While some capacitance e... |
4932291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia%20Bath | Patricia Bath | Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Cent... |
4932488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20medical%20services | General medical services | General medical services (GMS) is the range of healthcare that is provided by general practitioners (GPs or family doctors) as part of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The NHS specifies what GPs, as independent contractors, are expected to do and provides funding for this work through arrangements kno... |
4932518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underfloor%20heating | Underfloor heating | Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical heating elements embedded in a floor. Heating is achieved by conduction, radiation and convection. Use of underfloor heating dates back to the Neoglacial and Neol... |
4932680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target%20Field | Target Field | Target Field is a baseball stadium in the historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis. Since its opening in 2010, the stadium has been the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. The stadium hosted the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It has also served as the home of other local and regio... |
4932735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia%20Watras | Melia Watras | Melia Watras is an American violist, composer and professor of viola. She is a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, who has commissioned, premiered and recorded numerous new compositions, and appeared at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall. Her compositions have been perform... |
4932912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%20Exchange%20Place | 20 Exchange Place | 20 Exchange Place, formerly the City Bank–Farmers Trust Building, is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Completed in 1931, it was designed by Cross & Cross in the Art Deco style as the headquarters of the City Bank–Farmers Trust Company, predecessor of Citigroup. The building, s... |
4933176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaby%27s%20black%20cockatoo | Carnaby's black cockatoo | Carnaby's black cockatoo (Zanda latirostris), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring in length, it has a short crest on the top of its head. Its plumage is mostly greyish black, and it has p... |
4933257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20World%20Snooker%20Championship | 1983 World Snooker Championship | The 1983 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1983 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the third and final world ranking event of the 198... |
4933406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Salerno | Shane Salerno | Shane Salerno (born November 27, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and Chief Creative Officer of The Story Factory. His writing credits include the films Avatar: The Way of Water, Armageddon, Savages, Shaft, and the TV series Hawaii Five-0. He was chosen by director James Cameron to co-write the fo... |
4933521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic%20language%20influence%20on%20the%20Spanish%20language | Arabic language influence on the Spanish language | Arabic influence on the Spanish language overwhelmingly dates from the Muslim colonization of the Iberian Peninsula between 711 and 1492. The influence results mainly from the large number of Arabic loanwords and derivations in Spanish, plus a few other less obvious effects.
History
The Spanish language, also called ... |
4933873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20justification | System justification | System justification theory (SJT) is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function. It proposes that people have several underlying needs, which vary from individual to individual, that can be satisfied by the defense and justification of the status quo, ev... |
4933875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Moore%20%28comedian%29 | Tim Moore (comedian) | Tim Moore (December 9, 1887 – December 13, 1958) was an American vaudevillian and comic actor of the first half of the 20th century. He gained his greatest recognition in the starring role of George "Kingfish" Stevens in the CBS TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show. He proudly stated, "I've made it a point never to tell a joke ... |
4933968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagannath%20Temple%2C%20Puri | Jagannath Temple, Puri | The Jagannath Temple is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Jagannath, a form of Vishnu – one of the trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism. Puri is in the state of Odisha, on the eastern coast of India. King Indradyumna of Avanti has built the main temple of Jagannath at Puri. The present temple was rebuilt from t... |
4934300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital%20Pride%20%28Washington%2C%20D.C.%29 | Capital Pride (Washington, D.C.) | Capital Pride is an annual LGBT pride festival held in early June each year in Washington, D.C. It was founded as Gay Pride Day, a one-day block party and street festival, in 1975. In 1980 the P Street Festival Committee formed to take over planning. It changed its name to Gay and Lesbian Pride Day in 1981. In 1991, th... |
4934478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer%20of%20Saint%20Ephrem | Prayer of Saint Ephrem | "The Prayer of Saint Ephrem" (Greek: , Efchí toú Osíou Efrem), is a prayer attributed to Saint Ephrem the Syrian and used during the Great Lent by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches. In the Byzantine tradition, this prayer is considered to be the most succinct summation of the spirit of Great Lent and... |
4934589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisam-ul-Haq%20Qureshi | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Punjabi, ; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively. Qureshi h... |
4935521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20X-Men%3A%20Evolution%20characters | List of X-Men: Evolution characters | The series X-Men: Evolution featured a diverse cast of complicated characters. A common staple of the series was whether a particular person had chosen their allegiances correctly, with several instances of a character switching teams.
X-Men
Teachers
Professor Charles Xavier (voiced by David Kaye) is the team's telep... |
4935801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren%20Turner | Lauren Turner | Lauren Turner (also Carpenter) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kate Kendall. The role was originally played by Sarah Vandenbergh, and she made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 16 February 1993. Lauren was introduced as the "vivacious" daughter of Lou Car... |
4936131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20American%20journalism | History of American journalism | Journalism in the United States began humbly and became a political force in the campaign for American independence. Following independence, the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed freedom of the press and freedom of speech. The American press grew rapidly following the American Revolution. The press be... |
4936259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chousei%20Kantai%20Sazer-X | Chousei Kantai Sazer-X | translated as Super Star Fleet Sazer-X is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and Konami. This series is the third in Toho's Seishin (Star God) series. The series lasted 38 episodes and was the last of the Chouseishin franchise. It deviates from its predecessors in several ways, in that it i... |
4936466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Barron | Charles Barron | Charles Barron (born October 7, 1950) is an American activist and politician who currently serves in the New York City Council, representing Brooklyn's 42nd district. He previously held the same seat from 2002 to 2013, and served in the New York Assembly from the 60th district between 2015 and 2021.
A self-described "... |
4937086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20commons | Global commons | Global commons is a term typically used to describe international, supranational, and global resource domains in which common-pool resources are found. Global commons include the earth's shared natural resources, such as the high oceans, the atmosphere and outer space and the Antarctic in particular. Cyberspace may als... |
4937455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye%20%28sports%29 | Bye (sports) | In sport, a bye is the preferential status of a player or team that is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament, without having to play an opponent in an early round.
In knockout (elimination) tournaments they can be granted either to reward the highest ranked participant(s) or assigned randomly, to ma... |
4937507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A4rnebofj%C3%A4rden%20National%20Park | Färnebofjärden National Park | Färnebofjärden National Park () is a Swedish national park traversed by the river Dalälven, about north of Stockholm. It covers , of which aquatic, on the frontier between the counties of Dalarna and Gävleborg.
After the retreat of the ice sheet that covered the region after the last ice age, the river found itself ... |
4937854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuleskogen%20National%20Park | Skuleskogen National Park | Skuleskogen National Park (, literally The Skule Forest National Park) is a Swedish national park in Västernorrland County, on the coast of the Baltic Sea, in northern Sweden. It covers , constituting the eastern part of the Forest of Skule.
The park is characterized by a very rough topology with many rocky peaks, of ... |
4938154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichimeca%20War | Chichimeca War | The Chichimeca War (1550–90) was a military conflict between the Spanish Empire and the Chichimeca Confederation established in the territories today known as the Central Mexican Plateau, called by the Conquistadores La Gran Chichimeca. The epicenter of the hostilities was the region now called the Bajío. The Chichimec... |
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