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4994729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne%E2%80%93Aachen%20high-speed%20railway | Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway | The Cologne–Aachen high-speed line is the German part of the Trans-European transport networks project high-speed line Paris–Brussels–Cologne. It is not a newly built railway line, but a project to upgrade the existing railway line which was opened in 1841 by the Rhenish Railway Company. When it was continued into Belg... |
4994857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican%20eucharistic%20theology | Anglican eucharistic theology | Anglican eucharistic theology is diverse in practice, reflecting the comprehensiveness of Anglicanism. Its sources include prayer book rubrics, writings on sacramental theology by Anglican divines, and the regulations and orientations of ecclesiastical provinces. The principal source material is the Book of Common Pray... |
4994863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlovian%20theory%20of%20Shakespeare%20authorship | Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship | The Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that the Elizabethan poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was the main author of the poems and plays attributed to William Shakespeare. Further, the theory says Marlowe did not die in Deptford on 30 May 1593, as the historical records state, but that his death was... |
4995141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Murphy | Chris Murphy | Christopher Scott Murphy (born August 3, 1973) is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Connecticut since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing from 2007 to 2013. Before being electe... |
4995348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Electric%20KDF8 | English Electric KDF8 | KDF8 was an early British computer built by English Electric as a version of the RCA 501. By producing a software-compatible system, the intention was to reduce time and cost to develop software. However, the lengthy process of developing manufacturing capability meant that the system was soon outpaced by systems from ... |
4995443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Lincolnshire%20Regiment | Royal Lincolnshire Regiment | The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. After the Childers ... |
4995479 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genomic%20library | Genomic library | A genomic library is a collection of overlapping DNA fragments that together make up the total genomic DNA of a single organism. The DNA is stored in a population of identical vectors, each containing a different insert of DNA. In order to construct a genomic library, the organism's DNA is extracted from cells and then... |
4995503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kue | Kue | Kue is an Indonesian bite-sized snack or dessert food. Kue is a fairly broad term in Indonesian to describe a wide variety of snacks including cakes, cookies, fritters, pies, scones, and patisserie. Kue are made from a variety of ingredients in various forms; some are steamed, fried or baked. Kue are popular snacks in ... |
4995538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20Indonesia | Constitution of Indonesia | The 1945 State Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (, commonly abbreviated as UUD 1945 or UUD '45) is the supreme law and basis for all laws of Indonesia.
The constitution was written in June, July, and August 1945, in the final months of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies at the end of World War I... |
4995547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samothrace%20temple%20complex | Samothrace temple complex | The Samothrace Temple Complex, known as the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Modern Greek: Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών Ieró ton Megálon Theón), is one of the principal Pan-Hellenic religious sanctuaries, located on the island of Samothrace within the larger Thrace. Built immediately to the west of the ramparts of the city of Sa... |
4995732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocational%20panel | Vocational panel | A vocational panel () is any of five lists of candidates from which are elected a total of 43 of the 60 senators in Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland. Each panel corresponds to a grouping of "interests and services" (professions or vocations) of which candidates are required to h... |
4995872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-Green%20Light%20Racing | SS-Green Light Racing | SS-Green Light Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS and the No. 08 Chevrolet Camaro/Ford Mustang GT full-time. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing for their Camaros while their M... |
4996164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20east%20coast%20fishery | Scottish east coast fishery | The Scottish east coast fishery has been in existence for more than a thousand years, spanning the Viking Age right up to the present day.
A brief history
The fishery has always been for both whitefish and herring. The Norsemen came to Scotland from the 9th to 11th centuries and settled in the Northern Isles, Western... |
4996373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.o.d | G.o.d | Groove Over Dose, known by the acronym g.o.d (), is a South Korean boy band formed by SidusHQ. Debuting in 1999, the group became one of the most popular boy bands of the early 2000s in South Korea. The members had gone on to solo careers in the entertainment industry after indefinitely discontinuing group activity in ... |
4996608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian%20Territorial%20Defense%20Force | Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force | The Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force or LTDF (, LVR; ) was a short-lived Lithuanian volunteer military unit created during the German occupation of Lithuania during World War II.
The LTDF was disbanded for being insubordinate to the authorities of Nazi Germany. Its goal was to fight the approaching Red Army, the ... |
4996831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Winchester | Dean Winchester | Dean Winchester is one of the two protagonists from the American drama television series Supernatural, along with his younger brother Sam. He is portrayed primarily by Jensen Ackles. Other versions of the character having been portrayed by Hunter Brochu (toddler), Ridge Canipe (child), Nicolai Lawton-Giustra (pre-teen)... |
4996832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis%20Motor%20Speedway%20Radio%20Network | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network | The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network (known typically as the IMS Radio Network or the INDYCAR Radio Network), is an in-house radio syndication arrangement which broadcasts the Indianapolis 500, the NTT IndyCar Series, and Indy Lights to radio stations covering most of North America. The network, owned by the ... |
4997071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.E.K.%20%28sports%20club%29 | A.E.K. (sports club) | A.E.K (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, Athletic Union of Constantinople), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K Athens.
Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople after the 19... |
4997163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%20treefrog | Gray treefrog | The gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor) is a species of small arboreal holarctic tree frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
It is sometimes referred to as the eastern gray treefrog, northern gray treefrog, common gray treefrog, or tetraploid gray treefrog to distinguish it from it... |
4997438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ace%20single%20volumes | List of Ace single volumes | Ace Books began publishing genre fiction in 1952. Initially these were mostly in the attractive tête-bêche format, but they also published a few single volumes, in the early years, and that number grew until the doubles stopped appearing in about 1978. The tête-bêche format was discarded in 1973, but future double nove... |
4997942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Kamber | Victor Kamber | Victor Samuel Kamber (born May 7, 1943) is an American labor union activist and political consultant in the United States. A Democrat, he worked for the AFL-CIO in the 1970s before forming The Kamber Group, a public relations firm, in 1980.
The Kamber Group worked for Democratic Party candidates and labor unions for 2... |
4998554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Kelly | Kelly Kelly | Barbara Blank Coba (born Barbara Jean Blank; January 15, 1987), known professionally as Barbie Blank and by her ring name Kelly Kelly, is an American professional wrestler and model.
Blank has a background in gymnastics and cheerleading, and worked as a model for Venus Swimwear and Hawaiian Tropic. In 2006, Blank was ... |
4999507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington%20railway%20station | Wellington railway station | Wellington railway station, or Wellington Central station, is the main railway station serving Wellington, New Zealand, and is the southern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk, Wairarapa Line and Johnsonville Line.
The station opened in June 1937, replacing the two previous Wellington termini, Lambton and Thorndon... |
4999526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen%20Bieber | Owen Bieber | Owen Frederick Bieber (; December 28, 1929 – February 17, 2020) was an American labor union activist. He was president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) from 1983 to 1995.
Born in Michigan, Bieber joined the McInerney Spring and Wire Company, an automotive parts supplier in Grand Rapids, after finishing high school. Hi... |
4999613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren%20McFadden | Darren McFadden | Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round with the fourth overall pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. He... |
4999816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20military%20technology | History of military technology | The military funding of science has had a powerful transformative effect on the practice and products of scientific research since the early 20th century. Particularly since World War I, advanced science-based technologies have been viewed as essential elements of a successful military.
World War I is often called "t... |
4999878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalife | Generalife | The Generalife (; ) was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.
Etymology
The most commonly cited etymology for the name "Generalife" is that it derives from jannat al... |
4999945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20storage%20and%20retrieval%20system | Automated storage and retrieval system | An automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS or AS/RS) consists of a variety of computer-controlled systems for automatically placing and retrieving loads from defined storage locations. Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) are typically used in applications where:
There is a very high volume of loads b... |
5000362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20impact%20of%20Star%20Wars | Cultural impact of Star Wars | George Lucas's science fiction multi-film Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern popular culture. Star Wars references are deeply embedded in popular culture; references to the main characters and themes of Star Wars are casually made in many English-speaking countries with the assumption that others wil... |
5000625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Brothers%20Academy%20%28New%20Jersey%29 | Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) | Christian Brothers Academy (also known as CBA or "The Academy"), located in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey, is a private, all-boys preparatory school for grades nine to twelve, with a focus on Christian education. The school is run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, foun... |
5000988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Nifong | Mike Nifong | Michael Byron Nifong (born September 14, 1950) is an American former attorney and convicted criminal. He served as the Durham County, North Carolina District Attorney until he was removed, disbarred, and very briefly jailed following court findings concerning his conduct in the Duke lacrosse case, primarily his conspir... |
5001372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%20Carter%20III | Tha Carter III | Tha Carter III is the sixth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released on June 10, 2008, by Cash Money, Universal Motown & Young Money Entertainment. It follows a long string of mixtape releases and guest appearances on other hip hop and R&B artists' albums, helping to increase his exposure in the mainstream. ... |
5001978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Green%20Book%20%28IRA%29 | The Green Book (IRA) | The Green Book is a training and induction manual issued by the Irish Republican Army to new volunteers. It was used by the post-Irish Civil War Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Cumann na mBan, ("League of Women"), along with later incarnations such as the Provisional IRA (IRA). It includes a statement of military objec... |
5002208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20Memoirs%20of%20U.%20S.%20Grant | Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant | The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant are two volumes of autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. The work focuses on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. The volumes were written during the last year of Grant's life, amid increasing pain from ... |
5002289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re%20Back%21%20A%20Dinosaur%27s%20Story%20%28film%29 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film) | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 British-American animated adventure comedy film directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. Based on the 1987 Hudson Talbott children's book of the same name, it tells the story of three dinosaurs and one pter... |
5002742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Sampson%20%28lawyer%29 | William Sampson (lawyer) | William Sampson (26 January 1764 – 28 December 1836) was a lawyer and jurist who in his native Ireland, and in later American exile, identified with the cause of democratic reform. In the 1790s, in Belfast and Dublin he associated with United Irishmen, defending them in Crown prosecutions, contributing to their press a... |
5002743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic%20mammal | Aquatic mammal | Aquatic and semiaquatic mammals are a diverse group of mammals that dwell partly or entirely in bodies of water. They include the various marine mammals who dwell in oceans, as well as various freshwater species, such as the European otter. They are not a taxon and are not unified by any distinct biological grouping, b... |
5002871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20World%20Trade%20Center | One World Trade Center | One World Trade Center, also known as One World Trade, One WTC, and formerly called the Freedom Tower during initial planning stages, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the ... |
5003064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Underground%201935%20Stock | London Underground 1935 Stock | The London Underground 1935 Stock was an experimental train design by Metropolitan Cammell in London. Twelve two-car units, marshalled into four six-car trains, were built. They served as the prototypes for the later 1938 Stock.
Three of these trains had the cars streamlined, based upon trial with a 1923 Standard Stoc... |
5003360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogical%20models | Analogical models | Analogical models are a method of representing a phenomenon of the world, often called the "target system" by another, more understandable or analysable system. They are also called dynamical analogies.
Two open systems have analog representations (see illustration) if they are black box isomorphic systems.
Explanati... |
5003758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armavia%20Flight%20967 | Armavia Flight 967 | Armavia Flight 967 (U8967/RNV 967) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Armavia from Zvartnots International Airport, Zvarnots in Armenia to Sochi, a Black Sea coastal resort city in Russia. On 3 May 2006, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A320-200, crashed into the sea while attempting ... |
5004143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vel%27%20d%27Hiv%20Roundup | Vel' d'Hiv Roundup | The Vel' d'Hiv' Roundup ( ; from , an abbreviation of ) was a mass arrest of foreign Jewish families by French police and gendarmes at the behest of the German authorities, that took place in Paris on 16 and 17 July 1942. According to records of the Préfecture de Police, 13,152 Jews were arrested, including more than 4... |
5004156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raza%20Unida%20Party | Raza Unida Party | Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida (LRUP; National United Peoples Party or United Race Party) was a Hispanic political party centered on Chicano (Mexican-American) nationalism. It was created in 1970 and became prominent throughout Texas and Southern California. It was started to combat growing inequality and dissatisfa... |
5004323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Cairo%20University%20alumni | List of Cairo University alumni | Notable alumni and attendees of Cairo University are listed here, first by decade of their graduation (or last attendance) and then alphabetically.
Unknown date of attendance and graduation
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hofi (1910-1983) Member of the Shu a and of the Academy of the Arabic Language.
Kamil Idris is a former directo... |
5004680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided%20Democracy%20in%20Indonesia | Guided Democracy in Indonesia | Guided Democracy () was the political system in place in Indonesia from 1959 until the New Order began in 1966. It was the brainchild of President Sukarno, and was an attempt to bring about political stability. Sukarno believed that the parliamentarian system implemented during the liberal democracy period in Indonesia... |
5004685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial%20direct-current%20stimulation | Transcranial direct-current stimulation | Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of neuromodulation that uses constant, low direct current delivered via electrodes on the head. It was originally developed to help patients with brain injuries or neuropsychiatric conditions such as major depressive disorder. It can be contrasted with cranial el... |
5004886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20Change%20Science%20Program | Climate Change Science Program | The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) was the program responsible for coordinating and integrating research on global warming by U.S. government agencies from February 2002 to June 2009. Toward the end of that period, CCSP issued 21 separate climate assessment reports that addressed climate observations, changes i... |
5006878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Georgescu-Roegen | Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen | Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (born Nicolae Georgescu, 4 February 1906 – 30 October 1994) was a Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist. He is best known today for his 1971 magnum opus The Entropy Law and the Economic Process, in which he argued that all natural resources are irreversibly degraded when put to us... |
5007072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20anti-invasion%20preparations%20of%20the%20Second%20World%20War | British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War | British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941. The British Army needed to recover from the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in Fr... |
5007112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonga | Kolonga | Kolonga is a village and the most populated settlement located on the northeast coast of Tongatapu in the Hahake District, Kingdom of Tonga. Kolonga is a hereditary estate of Lord Nuku.
The current population of Kolonga was recorded in the Tonga 2006 Census as 1,199. Many people have left to go overseas for better opp... |
5007334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily%20Allen | Lily Allen | Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract... |
5007400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI%20London%20Film%20Festival | BFI London Film Festival | The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival held in London, England in collaboration with the British Film Institute. The festival runs for two weeks in October every year. In 2016, the BFI estimated that around 240 feature films and 150 short films from more than 70 countries are screened at the festival e... |
5008078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Eugenics%20Board | Alberta Eugenics Board | The Alberta Eugenics Board was an agency created by the Alberta government in 1928 that attempted to impose sterilization on a disabled subset of its population, in accordance with the principles of eugenics. It remained active until 1972, when it was dissolved.
Origin
In 1928, the Alberta government (Alberta, Canada)... |
5008209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma%20in%20Buddhism | Karma in Buddhism | Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the c... |
5008445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20Is%20Life | What Is Life | "What Is Life" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. In many countries, it was issued as the second single from the album, in February 1971, becoming a top-ten hit in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, and topping singles charts in Australia and Switze... |
5008457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Noble | Mark Noble | Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and is well remembered for his time at English club West Ham United, spending eighteen years with the club where he is now sporting director. Apart from two short loan spells at Hull City and Ipswich T... |
5008614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genelia%20D%27Souza | Genelia D'Souza | Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with the box–office hit Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003. She was... |
5008870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhumati | Madhumati | Madhumati is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language paranormal romance film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, and written by Ritwik Ghatak and Rajinder Singh Bedi. The film stars Vyjayanthimala and Dilip Kumar in lead roles, with Pran and Johnny Walker in supporting roles. The plot focuses on Anand, a modern man who falls in l... |
5009158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Berserk%20characters | List of Berserk characters | The Berserk manga and anime series features a cast of characters created by Kentaro Miura. The series takes place in a dark fantasy setting loosely based on medieval Europe. Berserk centers on the life of Guts, a lone mercenary warrior, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the who made a pact with demon... |
5009348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20de%20Sig%C3%BCenza%20y%20G%C3%B3ngora | Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora | Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (August 14, 1645 – August 22, 1700) was one of the first great intellectuals born in the New World - Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico City). He was a criollo patriot, exalting New Spain over Old. A polymath and writer, he held many colonial government and academic positions. Sig... |
5009389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2090%20Business%20%28New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana%29 | U.S. Route 90 Business (New Orleans, Louisiana) | U.S. Highway 90 Business (US 90 Bus.) is a business route of U.S. Highway 90 located in and near New Orleans, Louisiana. It runs in a general east–west direction from US 90 in Avondale to a junction with Interstate 10 (I-10) and US 90 in the New Orleans Central Business District.
Unlike a typical business route, US ... |
5009517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20snake | Sea snake | Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas Laticaudinae only includes the sea kraits (Laticauda), of which three sp... |
5009776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland%20Ward | Rowland Ward | James Rowland Ward (1848–1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialised in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other types of work as well. In creating many practical items from antlers, feathers,... |
5010141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric | Eric | The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
The first element, ei- may be derived from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z), meaning "one, alone, unique", as in the form Æ∆inrikr explicitly, but it could also be ... |
5010373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustive%20ballot | Exhaustive ballot | The exhaustive ballot is a voting system used to elect a single winner. Under the exhaustive ballot the elector casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate is supported by an overall majority of votes then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and a further round of voting occur... |
5010665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 28th 24 Hours of Le Mans Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 25 and 26 June 1960, on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was the fifth and final round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship as well as being the fifth round of the inaugural FIA GT Cup. It was held just a week after... |
5010704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodall%20Cup | Goodall Cup | The Goodall Cup is a perpetual trophy that is, currently, annually awarded to the playoff champions of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The trophy is named after Australian born player John Edwin Goodall who originally donated the cup.
The Goodall Cup was originally gifted to the Inter-State Series, which was ... |
5010838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine%20and%20cosine | Sine and cosine | In mathematics, sine and cosine are trigonometric functions of an angle. The sine and cosine of an acute angle are defined in the context of a right triangle: for the specified angle, its sine is the ratio of the length of the side that is opposite that angle to the length of the longest side of the triangle (the hypot... |
5011063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare%20Bates | Clare Bates | Clare Bates (also Tyler) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Gemma Bissix. Bissix originally played the character as a schoolgirl from 1993 to 1998. She left the serial with her screen stepfather Nigel Bates, when his actor Paul Bradley opted to leave. After a ten-year hiatus, Bissix ... |
5011540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS%20Salvor | USNS Salvor | USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) is a , the second United States Navy ship of that name.
Salvor was laid down on 16 September 1983 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 28 July 1984; and commissioned on 14 June 1986.
Salvor is the third ship of the auxiliary rescue and salvage class of vessel constructed f... |
5012024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcantarilla | Alcantarilla | Alcantarilla () is a town and municipality in southeastern Spain, in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. The town is only 7 km away from the capital of the region, the city of Murcia, and one of its peculiarities is that it is completely surrounded by "pedanías" (satellite districts or boroughs) of the mu... |
5012175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross | Albatross | Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. They are absent from the North Atlantic, although fossil remains show they ... |
5012686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAKA%20%28TV%29 | WAKA (TV) | WAKA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Selma, Alabama, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Montgomery area. It is owned by Bahakel Communications alongside Tuskegee-licensed CW+ affiliate WBMM (channel 22); Bahakel also provides certain services to ABC affiliate WNCF (channel 32) under a s... |
5013125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar%20Isaac | Oscar Isaac | Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood. He was named the best actor of his generation by Vanity Fair in 2017 and one of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by The ... |
5013280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism%20in%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina | Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a fast-growing sector making up an important part in the economy of the country.
Beside a number of spots and attractions in Sarajevo and Mostar, as the country's principal tourist destinations, Bosnia and Herzegovina is regaining its reputation as an excellent ski destination with... |
5013523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20talk | Book talk | A book talk (or booktalk) is what is spoken with the intent to convince someone to read a book. Booktalks are traditionally conducted in a classroom setting for students; however, booktalks can be performed outside a school setting and with a variety of age groups as well. It is not a book review, a book report, or a ... |
5013592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%20February%201934%20crisis | 6 February 1934 crisis | The 6 February 1934 crisis (also known as the Veterans' Riot) was an anti-parliamentarist street demonstration in Paris organized by multiple far-rightist leagues that culminated in a riot on the Place de la Concorde, near the building used for the French National Assembly. The police shot and killed 15 demonstrators. ... |
5013777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keri%20Hilson | Keri Hilson | Keri Lynn Hilson (born December 5, 1982) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and actress.
She was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia and spent most of her youth working with producer Anthony Dent as a songwriter and background vocalist for several R&B and hip hop artists. By the age of 14, Hilson had secured a reco... |
5013950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1959, on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fourth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. The prospect of an exciting duel between Ferrari, Aston Martin and giantkillers Porsche was e... |
5014151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert%20Humperdinck%20%28singer%29 | Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) | Arnold George Dorsey (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer who has been described as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around". He achieved international prominence in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me".
Starting as a performer in the late 1950s ... |
5015248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Colbert%20at%20the%202006%20White%20House%20Correspondents%27%20Dinner | Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner | On April 29, 2006, American comedian Stephen Colbert appeared as the featured entertainer at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, which was held in Washington, D.C., at the Hilton Washington hotel. Colbert's performance, consisting of a 16-minute podium speech and a 7-minute video presentation, was ... |
5015745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Tucson%20Studios | Old Tucson Studios | Old Tucson (aka Old Tucson Studios) is an American movie studio and theme park just west of Tucson, Arizona, adjacent to the Tucson Mountains and close to the western portion of Saguaro National Park. Built in 1939 for the movie Arizona (1940), it has been used for the filming location of many movies and television wes... |
5015762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20line | Golden line | The golden line is a type of Latin dactylic hexameter frequently mentioned in Latin classrooms and in contemporary scholarship about Latin poetry, but which apparently began as a verse-composition exercise in schools in early modern Britain.
Definition
The golden line is variously defined, but most uses of the term co... |
5015944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital%20control | Capital control | Capital controls are residency-based measures such as transaction taxes, other limits, or outright prohibitions that a nation's government can use to regulate flows from capital markets into and out of the country's capital account. These measures may be economy-wide, sector-specific (usually the financial sector), or ... |
5016250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen%20%28film%29 | Watchmen (film) | Watchmen is a 2009 American superhero film based on the 1986–1987 DC Comics limited series of the same name co-created and illustrated by Dave Gibbons (with co-creator and author Alan Moore choosing to remain uncredited). Directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse, the film features Malin Åk... |
5016265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionist%20architecture | Expressionist architecture | Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts that especially developed and dominated in Germany. Brick Expressionism is a special variant of this movement in western and northern Germany, as ... |
5016749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh%20Khanate | Kazakh Khanate | The Kazakh Khanate (, , ), in eastern sources known as Ulus of the Kazakhs, Ulus of Jochi, Yurt of Urus, was a Kazakh state in Central Asia, successor of the Golden Horde existing from the 15th to the 19th century, centered on the eastern parts of the Desht-i Qipchaq.
The khanate was established by Janibek Khan and Ke... |
5016852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRT%20Line%201%20%28Metro%20Manila%29 | LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila) | The Light Rail Transit Line 1, commonly referred to as LRT Line 1 or LRT-1, is a light rapid transit system line in Metro Manila, Philippines, operated by Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) and owned by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) as part of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Originally referred to as ... |
5017136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRT%20Line%202 | LRT Line 2 | The Light Rail Transit Line 2, also known as LRT Line 2 (LRT-2) or Megatren, is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines, generally running in an east–west direction along the Radial Road 6 and a portion of the Circumferential Road 1, referred to as the Purple Line, and previously known as the Mass Rapid... |
5017253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20Square%2C%20Baltimore | Union Square, Baltimore | Union Square is a neighborhood located in the Sowebo area of Baltimore. It dates to the 1830s and includes a historic district of houses and commerce buildings.
Overview
Named for the graceful park at its center, Union Square is a diverse urban setting - home to art galleries, artist studios, H.L. Mencken’s lifelong r... |
5017332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross%20of%20Honour%20of%20the%20German%20Mother | Cross of Honour of the German Mother | The Cross of Honour of the German Mother (), referred to colloquially as the Mutterehrenkreuz (Mother's Cross of Honour) or simply Mutterkreuz (Mother's Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of the German Reich to honour a Reichsdeutsche German mother for exceptional merit to the German nation. Eli... |
5017604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Gangster%20%28film%29 | American Gangster (film) | American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning fr... |
5017605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Force%205 | Family Force 5 | FF5 (formerly known as Family Force 5, The Phamily, Ground Noise and The Brothers) is an American Christian rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band formed in 2004 by brothers Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds, Joshua "Fatty" Olds, and Jacob "Crouton" Olds along with their two friends, Nathan "Nadaddy" Currin and Bra... |
5017641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somers%20Isles%20Company | Somers Isles Company | The Somers Isles Company (fully, the Company of the City of London for the Plantacion of The Somers Isles or the Company of The Somers Isles) was formed in 1615 to operate the English colony of the Somers Isles, also known as Bermuda, as a commercial venture. It held a royal charter for Bermuda until 1684, when it was ... |
5018073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross%20Road%20Blues | Cross Road Blues | "Cross Road Blues" (commonly known as "Crossroads") is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly s... |
5018128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasile%20Pogor | Vasile Pogor | Vasile V. Pogor (Francized Basile Pogor; August 20, 1833 – March 20, 1906) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, philosopher, translator and liberal conservative politician, one of the founders of Junimea literary society. Raised in the aristocratic circle of Iași, and educated in the French Empire, he had a career in ... |
5018187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20with%20surname%20Miller | List of people with surname Miller | Miller is a surname of English, Scottish and Irish origins. The name is of German origins when Miller is an anglicization of Müller (surname).
A–C
Aaron Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
Adam Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
Addie Dickman Miller (1859–1936), American college professor
Alan Gifford Mille... |
5018757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Presson%20Allen | Jay Presson Allen | Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer, and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession... |
5018789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberg%20Cathedral | Bamberg Cathedral | Bamberg Cathedral (, official name Bamberger Dom St. Peter und St. Georg) is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is the seat of the Archbishop of Bamberg. Since 1993, the cathedral has been part of the UNESCO World Herit... |
5019188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuho%20Okawa | Ryuho Okawa | Ryuho Okawa (大川 隆法; Ōkawa Ryūhō; born Takashi Nakagawa (中川 隆; Nakagawa Takashi), 7 July 1956 – 2 March 2023) was a Japanese religious and political leader who was the CEO and founder of the Happy Science and the Happiness Realization Party. He was also chairman of two companies affiliated with the organization, and .... |
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