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5019316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallid%20sturgeon | Pallid sturgeon | The pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) is an endangered species of ray-finned fish, endemic to the waters of the Missouri and lower Mississippi river basins of the United States. It may have even reached the St. Croix River before colonization.
Named for its pale coloration, it is closely related to the relatively... |
5019375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1%20vaccine%20clinical%20trials | H5N1 vaccine clinical trials | H5N1 clinical trials are clinical trials concerning H5N1 vaccines, which are intended to provide immunization to influenza A virus subtype H5N1. They are intended to discover pharmacological effects and identify any adverse reactions the vaccines may achieve in humans.
Current status of H5N1 candidate vaccines
Candida... |
5019818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books%20and%20publishing%20in%20Pakistan | Books and publishing in Pakistan | The publishing industry in Pakistan is hampered both by a low literacy rate (65%).
Urdu books
Urdu fiction does date back to prior to pre-independence times when pioneers like Mirza Haadi Ruswa wrote Umrao Jaan Ada. These writers wrote not only to entertain, but to educate the masses, and to revive the culture in Ind... |
5019937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo%3A%20An%20American%20Legend | Geronimo: An American Legend | Geronimo: An American Legend is a 1993 historical Western film starring Wes Studi, Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, and Matt Damon in an early role. The film, which was directed by Walter Hill, is based on a screenplay by John Milius. It is a fictionalized account of the Apache Wars and how First Lieutenant C... |
5020056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Deal%20%282003%20film%29 | The Deal (2003 film) | The Deal is a 2003 British television film that depicts the Blair–Brown deal, a well-documented pact that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made, whereby Brown would not stand in the 1994 Labour leadership election so that Blair could have a clear run at becoming leader of the party and later Prime Minister. The film begins ... |
5020273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenape%20High%20School | Lenape High School | Lenape High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Medford Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the oldest of the four high schools that comprise the Lenape Regional High School District, which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Evesham Towns... |
5020586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20military%20administration%20in%20occupied%20France%20during%20World%20War%20II | German military administration in occupied France during World War II | The Military Administration in France (; ) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France. This so-called was established in June 1940, and renamed ("north zone") in November 1942, when the previously unoccupi... |
5020794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Bangladesh%20tropical%20cyclones | List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones | Present day Bangladesh, due to its unique geographic location, suffers from devastating tropical cyclones frequently. The funnel-shaped northern portion of the Bay of Bengal amplifies the storm surge of landfalling tropical cyclones, affecting thousands of people. Some of the most devastating natural disasters in recor... |
5021154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishfaq%20Ahmad%20Khan | Ishfaq Ahmad Khan | Ishfaq Ahmad Khan (3 November 1930 – 18 January 2018) , was a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor of high-energy physics at the National Centre for Physics, and former science advisor to the Government of Pakistan.
A versatile theoretical physicist, Ahmad made significant contributions in the theoretical d... |
5021437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Bassler | Johnny Bassler | John Landis Bassler (June 3, 1895 – June 29, 1979) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in professional baseball for 26 seasons between 1911 and 1937, including nine seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Naps in 1913 and 1914 and the Detroit Tigers from 1921 to 19... |
5021645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxilia | Auxilia | The (, lit. "auxiliaries") were introduced as non-citizen troops attached to the citizen legions by Augustus after his reorganisation of the Imperial Roman army from 27 BC. By the 2nd century, the Auxilia contained the same number of infantry as the legions and, in addition, provided almost all of the Roman army's cav... |
5021693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Beauty%20Stone | The Beauty Stone | The Beauty Stone is an opera, billed as a "romantic musical drama" in three acts, composed by Arthur Sullivan to a libretto by Arthur Wing Pinero and J. Comyns Carr. The medieval Faustian story concerns an ugly, crippled girl, who dreams of being beautiful and meeting a handsome prince. The Devil offers her a magical... |
5021928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Nelson | Christine Nelson | Christine "Spike" Nelson is a fictional character from the Degrassi teen drama franchise. Portrayed by Amanda Stepto, Spike appeared throughout Degrassi Junior High (1987–89), Degrassi High (1989–91), and the first nine seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–10). Starting as an unnamed extra before being given ... |
5022223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent%20Hill%3A%20Homecoming | Silent Hill: Homecoming | Silent Hill: Homecoming is a 2008 survival horror game developed by Double Helix Games and published by Konami Digital Entertainment. The sixth installment in the Silent Hill series, Homecoming follows the journey of Alex Shepherd, a soldier returning from war, to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen, where he finds the tow... |
5022853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Security%20Disability%20Insurance | Social Security Disability Insurance | Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI) is a payroll tax-funded federal insurance program of the United States government. It is managed by the Social Security Administration and designed to provide monthly benefits to people who have a medically determinable disability (physical or mental) that restricts th... |
5023156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families%20in%20the%20Oireachtas | Families in the Oireachtas | There is a tradition in Irish politics of having family members succeed each other, frequently in the same parliamentary seat. This article lists families where two or more members of that family have been members (TD or Senator) of either of the houses of the Oireachtas (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann) or of the Euro... |
5023647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Side%20Elevated%20Highway | West Side Elevated Highway | The West Side Elevated Highway (West Side Highway or Miller Highway, named for Julius Miller, Manhattan borough president from 1922 to 1930) was an elevated section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A) running along the Hudson River in the New York City borough of Manhattan to the tip of the island. It was an elevated hi... |
5023832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Committee%20of%20the%20Red%20Cross | International Committee of the Red Cross | The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; ) is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signatories) to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and its Additional Protocols of 1977 (Protocol I, Protocol II) and 2005 have given the ICRC a mandate ... |
5023881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20University%20Housing%20System | Boston University Housing System | The Boston University housing system is the 2nd-largest of any private university in the United States, with 76% of the undergraduate population living on campus. On-campus housing at BU is an unusually diverse melange, ranging from individual 19th-century brownstone town houses and apartment buildings acquired by the ... |
5024249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20pre-Columbian%20inventions%20and%20innovations%20of%20Indigenous%20Americans | List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of Indigenous Americans | This is an alphabetic list of Pre-columbian achievements in science and technology made by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas during the 15,000 years that they have inhabited the Americas.
A
Abacus – The Aztec and Maya of Mesoamerica performed arithmetic operations using an abacus. It served as a more accurate a... |
5024359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hargrave%20Military%20Academy | Hargrave Military Academy | Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia. Hargrave is affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia emphasizing Christian values that focuses on a college and military preparatory program. The school serves boys from around ... |
5024592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune%20tolerance | Immune tolerance | Immune tolerance, or immunological tolerance, or immunotolerance, is a state of unresponsiveness of the immune system to substances or tissue that would otherwise have the capacity to elicit an immune response in a given organism. It is induced by prior exposure to that specific antigen and contrasts with conventional ... |
5024816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feinberg%20School%20of%20Medicine | Feinberg School of Medicine | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is the medical school of Northwestern University and is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1859, Feinberg offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program, multiple dual degree programs, graduate medical education, and conti... |
5024887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20eclipse | Solar eclipse | A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the pla... |
5024894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette%20Falls%20Locks | Willamette Falls Locks | The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011, they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls and the T.W. Sullivan Dam. Since their closure in 2011, the locks have been classified to be in a "non-o... |
5024980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland%20Barrington | Rutland Barrington | Rutland Barrington (15 January 1853 – 31 May 1922) was an English singer, actor, comedian and Edwardian musical comedy star. Best remembered for originating the lyric baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1877 to 1896, his performing career spanned more than four decades. He also wrote at least a doz... |
5025013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Settlers%3A%20Heritage%20of%20Kings | The Settlers: Heritage of Kings | The Settlers: Heritage of Kings (), released as Heritage of Kings: The Settlers in North America, is a real-time strategy video game developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft. Released in Germany for Microsoft Windows in November 2004, and in the United Kingdom, North America, and Australia in February 2005, it i... |
5025856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern%20Wildcats%20football | Northwestern Wildcats football | The Northwestern Wildcats football team represents Northwestern University as an NCAA Division I college football team and member of the Big Ten Conference based near Chicago in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern began playing football in 1882. Its football mascot is the Wildcat, a term coined by a Chica... |
5026007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Y.%20Brown%20%28politician%2C%20born%201835%29 | John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835) | John Young Brown (June 28, 1835January 11, 1904) was a politician from the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. He represented the state in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. Brown was elected to the House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms, each of which was marred by... |
5026209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo%20Lagos | Ricardo Lagos | Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military dictatorship and astounded contemporaries in 1988 by openly denouncing dictator Au... |
5026248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilophosuchus | Trilophosuchus | Trilophosuchus ("triple crest crocodile") is an extinct genus of mekosuchine crocodilian from Australia. Its fossils have been found at the Ringtail Site in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (north-western Queensland) and date to the Miocene epoch. Additional remains have also been found at the older Hiatus Site and ... |
5026387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toph%20Beifong | Toph Beifong | Toph Beifong () is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, voiced by Jessie Flower in the original series and Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler in the sequel series.
Toph is recognized as a prodigy of earthbending, which is the ability to tel... |
5026506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattaro%20mutiny | Cattaro mutiny | The Cattaro mutiny occurred during World War I. Sailors of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Bay of Cattaro (today: Kotor, Montenegro), which at that time belonged to Austria-Hungary started it on 1 February 1918. The mutiny remained isolated and had to be abandoned after three days due to the arrival of loyal ... |
5026612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Ruiz%20%28baseball%29 | Carlos Ruiz (baseball) | Carlos Joaquín Ruiz (born January 22, 1979), nicknamed "Chooch", is a Panamanian former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Seattle Mariners. Ruiz stands tall, and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed.
As a seven-year-old,... |
5026613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play%20School%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | Play School (Australian TV series) | Play School is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the educational department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), based on the original British version created by Joy Whitby, with many of the presenters former school teachers, whilst others being a mix of well known stage an... |
5027096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunellen%20station | Dunellen station | Dunellen is an NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Dunellen, New Jersey. It is the only Raritan Valley Line station in Middlesex County. There is a ticket office and small waiting area at this stop. A simple station, there are two tracks with two small side platforms. The station is located on ... |
5027156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel%20Moskva%2C%20Belgrade | Hotel Moskva, Belgrade | Hotel Moskva (; ; ) is a four star hotel in Belgrade, one of the oldest currently operating in Serbia. The building has been under governmental protection since 1968. Originally operating as a 36-room inn within the multi-purpose Palace Rossiya, whose almost three-year construction and January 1908 opening represented ... |
5027511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Square | P-Square | P-Square is a Nigerian Music duo, consisting of the twin brothers Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye, who co-write and co-produce much of their records. Noted for their artistic reinvention, musical versatility, and visual presentation, they are widely regarded as one of the most influential African Acts of all time and one of... |
5027752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Philip%20Sousa%20Foundation | John Philip Sousa Foundation | The John Philip Sousa Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of band music internationally. The foundation administers a number of projects and awards supporting high quality band performance, conducting, and composition.
The foundation is named for John Philip Sousa, a prominent composer of... |
5027882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel%20Entertainment | Marvel Entertainment | Marvel Entertainment, LLC (formerly Marvel Enterprises) was an American entertainment company founded in June 1998 and based in New York City, New York, formed by the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group and Toy Biz. The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company since 2009, and was mainly kn... |
5028285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.A.R.%20Extraction%20Point | F.E.A.R. Extraction Point | F.E.A.R. Extraction Point is the first expansion pack for the first-person shooter psychological horror video game F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon. Developed by TimeGate Studios and originally published by Vivendi Games under the Sierra Entertainment label, it was released for Microsoft Windows in October 2006 a... |
5028460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa%20Alpha%20Psi | Kappa Alpha Psi | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African American fraternity. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed or national origin though membership traditionally is dominated by those of... |
5028523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20isolation | Social isolation | Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society. It differs from loneliness, which reflects temporary and involuntary lack of contact with other humans in the world. Social isolation can be an issue for individuals of any age, though symptoms may differ by age ... |
5028853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute%20Jump | Parachute Jump | The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride and a landmark in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island. Situated in Steeplechase Plaza near the B&B Carousell, the structure consists of a , open-frame, steel parachute tower. Twelve cantilever steel arms radiate from the t... |
5029525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol%20fuel%20in%20the%20United%20States | Ethanol fuel in the United States | The United States became the world's largest producer of ethanol fuel in 2005. The U.S. produced 15.8 billion U.S. liquid gallons of ethanol fuel in 2019, and 13.9 billion U.S. liquid gallons (52.6 billion liters) in 2011, an increase from 13.2 billion U.S. liquid gallons (49.2 billion liters) in 2010, and up from 1.63... |
5029660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Peruvian%20Navy%20ships | List of Peruvian Navy ships | List of ships of the Peruvian Navy comprising almost every Peruvian warship commissioned after 1840.
Vessels acquired in the 1840s and 1850s
President Castilla sought to expand and well-equip the Peruvian Navy. His naval policy was to if Chile constructed one ship, he should construct two, and he went on to turn the ... |
5030120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Allchin | Raymond Allchin | Frank Raymond Allchin, FBA (9 July 1923 – 4 June 2010) was a British archaeologist and Indologist. He and his wife, Bridget Allchin, formed one of the most influential British partnerships in the post-Independence study of South Asian archaeology. Producing a large body of scholarship ranging from archaeological excava... |
5030380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Ford | Gerald Ford | Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973, and as the 40th v... |
5030410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Indian%20cricket%20team | History of the Indian cricket team | The Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1932 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the (ICC rankings) in each of 2005 to 2008. The team won the ODI Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011. In other major International victories, Team India won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 and ICC Cha... |
5030980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20New%20Zealand | Rugby union in New Zealand | Rugby union has been played in New Zealand since 1870 and is the most popular sport in the country as well as being its national sport.
The men's national team, the All Blacks, is currently ranked No. 2 in the world. The country co-hosted and won the first ever Rugby World Cup in 1987, and hosted and won the 2011 Rug... |
5031044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 2006 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 2006 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – Tony Blair (Labour)
Parliament – 54th
Events
January
7 January – Charles Kennedy, resigns as leader of the Liberal Democrats, admitting that he has a drinking problem.
20 January – River Thames whale: a whale is di... |
5031169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali%20%28asura%29 | Kali (asura) | In Hinduism, Kali (Devanāgari: , IAST: , with both vowels short; from a root , 'suffer, hurt, startle, confuse') is the being who reigns during the age of the Kali Yuga and acts as the nemesis of Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu.
Mahabharata
According to the Mahabharata, the gand... |
5031602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England%20Made%20Me%20%28Black%20Box%20Recorder%20album%29 | England Made Me (Black Box Recorder album) | England Made Me, the debut studio album of English rock band Black Box Recorder, was released through Chrysalis Records on 20 July 1998. After releasing albums with the Auteurs and as Baader Meinhof, in early 1997, musician Luke Haines formed Black Box Recorder with John Moore and Sarah Nixey. Through most of 1997, the... |
5031713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Facts%20of%20Life%20%28album%29 | The Facts of Life (album) | The Facts of Life is the second studio album by English rock band Black Box Recorder, released on 1 May 2000 through Nude Records. Following the release of their debut album England Made Me (1998), the band did not tour to promote it. By early 1999, they were playing two new songs at shows; by June 1999, they were work... |
5032070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Mahon | Gavin Mahon | Gavin Andrew Mahon (born 2 January 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Mahon started his career as a trainee at Wolverhampton Wanderers, although he did not make any first-team appearances for the club. In July 1996, he joined Hereford United on a free transfer, and... |
5032094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley%20Young | Ashley Young | Ashley Simon Young (born 9 July 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Everton.
Young started his career as a winger at Watford and made his first senior appearance in 2003 under manager Ray Lewington. He became a first team regular in the 2004–05 season and was on... |
5032135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%20Carlisle | Clarke Carlisle | Clarke James Carlisle (born 14 October 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association.
Born in Preston, he began playing football at a young age, taking inspiration from his father who played semi-professionally. Carlisle repres... |
5032848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego%20Harry%20Potter | Lego Harry Potter | Lego Harry Potter (stylized as LEGO Harry Potter) is a Lego theme based on the film series of the same name and the eponymous novels by British author J. K. Rowling. It is licensed from Warner Bros. Lego models of important scenes, vehicles and characters were made for the first six films and all of the published books... |
5033301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A5kallen%20Line | Gråkallen Line | The Gråkallen Line () is an suburban tram line located in Trondheim, Norway. As the only remaining part of the Trondheim Tramway, it runs from the city centre at St. Olav's Gate, via the suburban area Byåsen to Lian. It is designated Line 9 (previously Line 1), and is served by six Class 8 articulated trams. After the... |
5033373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action%20selection | Action selection | Action selection is a way of characterizing the most basic problem of intelligent systems: what to do next. In artificial intelligence and computational cognitive science, "the action selection problem" is typically associated with intelligent agents and animats—artificial systems that exhibit complex behaviour in an a... |
5033761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor%20Ostrom | Elinor Ostrom | Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom (née Awan; August 7, 1933 – June 12, 2012) was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her "analysis o... |
5033762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%20%22-er%22 | Oxford "-er" | The Oxford "-er", or often "-ers", is a colloquial and sometimes facetious suffix prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875, which is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. The term was defined by the lexicographer Eric Partridge in his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (several... |
5033820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20Infantry%20Regiment%20%28United%20States%29 | 10th Infantry Regiment (United States) | The 10th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1855. Formerly a standard line regiment that served the United States in the American Civil War and again in World War II and into the Cold War, the 10th Infantry Regiment is now a garrison regiment housing training cadre and trainees un... |
5033942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort%20K%C3%BCnstler | Mort Künstler | Mort Künstler (born August 28, 1927) is an American artist known for his illustrative paintings of historical events, especially of the American Civil War. He was a child prodigy, who, with encouragement from his parents, became a skilled artist by the time he was twelve. Today he is considered the "best-known and mos... |
5033949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20films%20set%20in%20Berlin | List of films set in Berlin | Berlin is a major center in the European and German film industry. It is home to more than 1000 film and television production companies and 270 movie theaters. Three hundred national and international co-productions are filmed in the region every year. Babelsberg Studios and the production company UFA are located outs... |
5034063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty%20Place | Liberty Place | Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia. The complex is composed of a 61-story, skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story, skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin Philadelphia Hotel.
Prior to the construction of Lib... |
5034284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Pope | Tim Pope | Timothy Michael Pope (born 12 February 1956) is a film director most known for his music videos, for having directed feature films, and for a brief pop career.
Early life and career
Pope grew up in the north London suburb of Enfield.
Both his parents were bankers, and he has a sister, Amanda. He always knew that he wa... |
5034470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism%20of%20Wikipedia | Criticism of Wikipedia | Most criticism of Wikipedia has been directed toward its content, community of established users, and processes. Critics have questioned its factual reliability, the readability and organization of the articles, the lack of methodical fact-checking, and its political bias. Concerns have also been raised about systemic ... |
5034496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster%20Tramway | Doncaster Tramway | Doncaster Corporation Tramways was an electric tramway network serving the town of Doncaster, England. It was authorised in 1899, and the first route to Bentley opened in 1902. This remained separated from the rest of the system until North Bridge was built to carry traffic over the Great Northern Railway main line to ... |
5034626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%3A%20Portable%20Ops | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, officially abbreviated MPO, is a 2006 action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami for the PlayStation Portable. The game was directed by Masahiro Yamamoto and written by Gakuto Mikumo, with series creator Hideo Kojima acting as producer.
W... |
5035057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20British%20Menu | Great British Menu | Great British Menu is a BBC television series in which top British chefs compete for the chance to cook one course of a four-course banquet.
Format
Series one and two were presented by Jennie Bond, the former BBC Royal correspondent, whereby each week, two chefs from a region of the UK create a menu. In series three a... |
5035416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/456th%20Bombardment%20Group | 456th Bombardment Group | Activated in June 1943 as a heavy bombardment group. Trained with B-24 Liberators for duty overseas. Moved to Italy, December 1943 – January 1944. Began combat with Fifteenth Air Force in February 1944, operating chiefly against strategic targets until late in April 1945. Early operations included attacks against such ... |
5035449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Price%20Is%20Right%20%28British%20game%20show%29 | The Price Is Right (British game show) | The Price Is Right is a British game show based on the US version of the same name. It originally aired on ITV from 24 March 1984 to 8 April 1988 and was hosted by Leslie Crowther. The show later briefly moved to Sky One for one series as The New Price is Right from 4 September 1989 to 31 August 1990 with Bob Warman as... |
5035886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20M.%20Berman | Richard M. Berman | Richard Miles Berman (born September 11, 1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Education and early career
Berman received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1964. He earned his Juris Doctor from New York Univers... |
5036336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian%20Primera%20Divisi%C3%B3n | Peruvian Primera División | The Peru First Division (; known simply as First Division, and Liga 1 Betsson for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when the first teams residing outside the Lima and Callao provinces were in... |
5036540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudun%20possessions | Loudun possessions | The Loudun possessions, known in French as the Possessed of Loudun Affair (Affaire des possédées de Loudun), was a notorious witchcraft trial that took place in Loudun, Kingdom of France, in 1634. A convent of Ursuline nuns said they had been visited and possessed by demons. Following an investigation by the Catholic C... |
5037031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua%20Simon | Joshua Simon | Joshua Simon (born 1979, Tel Aviv), is a curator, writer, publisher, cultural critic, poet, filmmaker and public intellectual. He currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.
Simon curated exhibitions in museums and art spaces in Tel Aviv-Yafo, NYC, Melbourne, London, Zürich, Vienna, Berlin, and Amsterdam, among other places.... |
5037219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rove%20beetle%20%28Staphylinidae%29%20species%20recorded%20in%20Britain | List of rove beetle (Staphylinidae) species recorded in Britain | The following is a list of the rove beetles recorded in Great Britain. For other beetles, see List of beetle species recorded in Britain.
Acidota crenata (Fabricius, 1793)
Acidota cruentata Mannerheim, 1830
Anthobium atrocephalum (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Anthobium unicolor (Marsham, 1802)
Anthophagus alpinus (Paykull, 1790)... |
5037280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20of%20Sambre%20and%20Meuse | Army of Sambre and Meuse | The Army of Sambre and Meuse () was one of the armies of the French Revolution. It was formed on 29 June 1794 by combining the Army of the Ardennes, the left wing of the Army of the Moselle and the right wing of the Army of the North. Its maximum paper strength (in 1794) was approximately 120,000.
After an inconclusi... |
5037620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castletown%20railway%20station | Castletown railway station | Castletown Railway Station (Manx: Stashoon Raad Yiarn Valley Chashtal) is an intermediate station on the Isle of Man Railway on the Isle of Man forming part of sole remaining section of the once extensive network that operated across the island. The station is the busiest of the railway's intermediate stations, being t... |
5037822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20Mongolian%20People%27s%20Republic | Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic | On the eve of the 1921 revolution, Mongolia had an underdeveloped, stagnant economy based on nomadic animal husbandry. Farming and industry were almost nonexistent; transportation and communications were primitive; banking, services, and trade were almost exclusively in the hands of Chinese or other foreigners. Most of... |
5037907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Crown%20Victoria%20Police%20Interceptor | Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor | The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (colloquially referred to as the CVPI, P71, or P7B) is a four-door, body-on-frame sedan that was manufactured by Ford from 1992 to 2011. It is the police car version of the Ford Crown Victoria and was the first vehicle to use the Ford Police Interceptor name.
From 1997 to 201... |
5038075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maramon%20Convention | Maramon Convention | The Maramon Convention, a Christian convention in Asia, is held at Maramon, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India annually in February on the vast sand-bed of the Pampa River next to the Kozhencherry Bridge. It is organised by Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association, the missionary wing of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church.
T... |
5040899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20student%20federations%20in%20Pakistan | List of student federations in Pakistan | Student federations have been growing in popularity and significance in Pakistan over the past few years. This has been attributed to the increasing social disparity between the younger and older generation of the country. 66% of population of Pakistan is currently under the age of 30, and approximately only 5% of the ... |
5041356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Department%20%28California%29 | Orange County Sheriff's Department (California) | The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County, California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and thirteen contract cities in the county: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho ... |
5041375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Allerton%20Park | Robert Allerton Park | The Robert Allerton Park is a park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, (T 18 N, R 5 E) near Monticello, Illinois, on the upper Sangamon River. The park and manor house, The Farms, are attributed to owner Robert Allerton, industrialist heir, artist, art co... |
5041719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiharu%20Habu | Yoshiharu Habu | is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei major titles. He was the first person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is the only person to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven major... |
5041899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 21 and 22 June 1958, on the Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fifth round of the 1958 World Sports Car Championship, which was running to new regulations introduced at the beginning of the season... |
5042360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive%20set%20theory | Constructive set theory | Axiomatic constructive set theory is an approach to mathematical constructivism following the program of axiomatic set theory.
The same first-order language with "" and "" of classical set theory is usually used, so this is not to be confused with a constructive types approach.
On the other hand, some constructive theo... |
5042396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raavan%20%282010%20film%29 | Raavan (2010 film) | Raavan is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language epic action-adventure film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, who also co-produced the film. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram, while Govinda, Nikhil Dwivedi, Ravi Kishan and Priyamani in pivotal roles. It marks the Hindi film debuts of Vikram and Pr... |
5042481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba | Cuba | Cuba ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island belong to the country. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic O... |
5042706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Gore | Al Gore | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1985 to 1993. Gore was the Democratic n... |
5042758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20American%20literature | Latin American literature | Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the second half of the 20th century, largely due to the international success o... |
5042765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God | God | In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic thought, a god is "a spirit or being believed to control some part of the universe or life and often worshipped for doing so, or something that represents this spirit or being". Belief in the exi... |
5042916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada | Canada | Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline. Its border with the United States is the world's longest ... |
5042951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20change | Climate change | In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global average temperature is more rapid than previous... |
5043162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf%20Vrba | Rudolf Vrba | Rudolf Vrba (born Walter Rosenberg; 11 September 1924 – 27 March 2006) was a Slovak-Jewish biochemist who, as a teenager in 1942, was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. He escaped from the camp in April 1944, at the height of the Holocaust, and co-wrote the Vrba-Wetzler report, a de... |
5043192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary%20Clinton | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state under president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the U.S. to president Bill Clinton from ... |
5043272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre%20of%20Pakistan | Theatre of Pakistan | Theatre in Pakistan has been developed and influenced by the traditional and ritual Persian theatre as well as the classical Indian dance practices of the Mughal Empire. As an Islamic state, the production of plays and theatrical performances in the past was not condoned in the country for religious reasons that is why... |
5043324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%20War | Iraq War | The Iraq War (; ) was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the... |
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