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5136608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kragujevac%20massacre | Kragujevac massacre | The Kragujevac massacre was the mass murder of between 2,778 and 2,794 mostly Serb men and boys in Kragujevac by German soldiers on 21 October 1941. It occurred in the German-occupied territory of Serbia during World War II, and came as a reprisal for insurgent attacks in the Gornji Milanovac district that resulted in ... |
5137675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%20of%20oil | Price of oil | The price of oil, or the oil price, generally refers to the spot price of a barrel () of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil such as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Crude, Dubai Crude, OPEC Reference Basket, Tapis crude, Bonny Light, Urals oil, Isthmus, and Western Canadian Se... |
5137998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manam%20language | Manam language | Manam is a Kairiru–Manam language spoken mainly on the volcanic Manam Island, northeast of New Guinea.
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Allophony
Some vowels become glides in diphthongs, e.g. , > and , > . and are 'weaker' than and , so that the syllable becomes and not
According to Turner, is more and more o... |
5138153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted%20%28film%29 | Enchanted (film) | Enchanted is a 2007 American live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and written by Bill Kelly. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment, and Right Coast Productions, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rache... |
5138454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombsight | Bombsight | A bombsight is a device used by military aircraft to drop bombs accurately. Bombsights, a feature of combat aircraft since World War I, were first found on purpose-designed bomber aircraft and then moved to fighter-bombers and modern tactical aircraft as those aircraft took up the brunt of the bombing role.
A bombsigh... |
5138823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost%20hunting | Ghost hunting | Ghost hunting is the process of investigating locations that are purportedly haunted by ghosts. Typically, a ghost-hunting team will attempt to collect evidence supporting the existence of paranormal activity.
Ghost hunting has been heavily criticized for its dismissal of the scientific method. No scientific study ha... |
5139395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory%20Bernardi | Cory Bernardi | Cory Bernardi (born 6 November 1969) is an Australian conservative political commentator and former politician. He was a Senator for South Australia from 2006 to 2020, and was the leader of the Australian Conservatives, a minor political party he founded in 2017 but disbanded in 2019. He is a former member of the Liber... |
5139505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adani%20Group | Adani Group | Adani Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Ahmedabad. Founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, the Group's businesses include port management, electric power generation and transmission, renewable energy, mining, airport operations, natural gas, food processing and inf... |
5139599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Geelong%20Warriors%20FC | North Geelong Warriors FC | North Geelong Warriors Football Club, formerly known as North Geelong Croatia, is an Australian professional soccer club from the regional Victorian city of Geelong. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 1, Australia's third division in the country's league system and second division in t... |
5139910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality%20in%20ancient%20Rome | Homosexuality in ancient Rome | Homosexuality in ancient Rome often differs markedly from the contemporary West. Latin lacks words that would precisely translate "homosexual" and "heterosexual". The primary dichotomy of ancient Roman sexuality was masculine and feminine. Roman society was patriarchal, and the freeborn male citizen possessed political... |
5140062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1994 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1994 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – John Major (Conservative)
Parliament – 51st
Events
January
4 January – Following the expulsion of the British ambassador from Sudan, the Foreign Office orders the Sudanese ambassador to leave Britain.
8 January – J... |
5140214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20works%20by%20Clough%20Williams-Ellis | List of works by Clough Williams-Ellis |
Sources
Compiled by Gareth Hughes, based on the preliminary list of drawings held in the RIBA Drawings Collection.
This is as complete a list as can be achieved, although some works have gone unrecorded because of the loss of most of Clough Williams-Ellis's office papers in a fire in 1951. In addition, a number of d... |
5140230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram%20%28actor%29 | Vikram (actor) | Kennedy John Victor (born 17 April 1966), better known by his stage name Vikram or Chiyaan Vikram, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is among the most decorated actors in Tamil cinema, with laurels including seven Filmfare Awards South, a National Film Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Awar... |
5140549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20McCulloch | Clan McCulloch | The origins of Clan MacCulloch are unknown, but there is a consensus that the family was one of the most ancient families of Galloway, Scotland, and a leading medieval family in that region. Despite the obscurity of the early history of the clan, the history and genealogies of the family are well documented in Walter J... |
5140924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL%20injection | DLL injection | In computer programming, DLL injection is a technique used for running code within the address space of another process by forcing it to load a dynamic-link library. DLL injection is often used by external programs to influence the behavior of another program in a way its authors did not anticipate or intend. For examp... |
5141079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20cruiser%20Rurik%20%281906%29 | Russian cruiser Rurik (1906) | Rurik was the last armored cruiser to be built for the Imperial Russian Navy. The ship was designed by the British firm Vickers and built in their shipyard, being laid down in 1905 and completed in 1908. She was armed with a main battery of four guns and a secondary battery of eight guns; her top speed was rated at .... |
5141410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication%20of%20the%20dog | Domestication of the dog | The domestication of the dog was the process which created the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication, and the emergence of the first dogs. Genetic studies suggest that all ancient and modern dogs share a common ancestry and descended from an ancient, now-extinct wolf ... |
5141642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandie-class%20battleship | Normandie-class battleship | The Normandie class consisted of five dreadnought battleships ordered for the French Navy in 1912–1913. It comprised Normandie, the lead ship, Flandre, Gascogne, Languedoc, and . The design incorporated a radical arrangement for the twelve 340 mm (13.4 in) main battery guns: three quadruple-gun turrets, the first of th... |
5141865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Tour%20%28novel%20series%29 | Grand Tour (novel series) | The Grand Tour is a series of novels written by American science fiction author Ben Bova.
The novels present a theme of exploration and colonization of the Solar System by humans in the late 21st century. Most of the books focus on the exploration of one particular planet or planetary moon.
Several recurring themes a... |
5142458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20J.%20Bronner | Simon J. Bronner | Simon J. Bronner (born April 7, 1954 in Haifa, Israel) is an American folklorist, ethnologist, historian, sociologist, educator, college dean, and author.
Life and career
Bronner's parents were Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1960. His childhood in the U.S. was sp... |
5142490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentry%20%28Robert%20Reynolds%29 | Sentry (Robert Reynolds) | Sentry (Robert "Bob" Reynolds) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, with uncredited conceptual contributions by Rick Veitch, the character first appeared in The Sentry #1 (September 2000).
Publication history
Creation
In the late 1990s, Pau... |
5142662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20fascism | Italian fascism | Italian fascism (), also known as classical fascism or simply fascism, is the original fascist ideology as developed in Italy by Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini. The ideology is associated with a series of two political parties led by Benito Mussolini: the National Fascist Party (PNF), which ruled the Kingdom of ... |
5142705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Huff | Robert Huff | Robert Peter Huff (born 25 December 1979) is a British professional racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) driving for Zengő Motorsport. He was the 2012 World Touring Car Championship champion and the 2020 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champion.
Racing career
Early years
A Ch... |
5142812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish%20meditation | Jewish meditation | Jewish meditation includes practices of settling the mind, introspection, visualization, emotional insight, contemplation of divine names, or concentration on philosophical, ethical or mystical ideas. Meditation may accompany unstructured, personal Jewish prayer, may be part of structured Jewish services, or may be sep... |
5142879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical%20titles%20and%20styles | Ecclesiastical titles and styles | Ecclesiastical titles are the formal styles of address used for members of the clergy.
Catholic Church
Latin Church clergy
Pope: Pope (Regnal Name); His Holiness; Your Holiness; Holy Father.
Patriarch of an autonomous/particular church: Patriarch (Given Name); His Beatitude; Your Beatitude.
Cardinal: Cardinal (Fu... |
5142897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Christianity%20in%20Romania | History of Christianity in Romania | The history of Christianity in Romania began within the Roman province of Lower Moesia, where many Christians were martyred at the end of the 3rd century. Evidence of Christian communities has been found in the territory of modern Romania at over a hundred archaeological sites from the 3rd and 4th centuries. However, s... |
5143167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1993 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1993 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – John Major (Conservative)
Parliament – 51st
Events
January
1 January
Carlton Television, Meridian, Westcountry and GMTV begin broadcasting. Teletext Ltd. launches a new Teletext service on ITV and Channel 4, repla... |
5143513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan%20Lake%20Nature%20Sanctuary | Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary | Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is a nature reserve located in Saanich, British Columbia. The sanctuary includes a lake, adjacent marshy lowlands, and the Nature House, as well as a good part of the summit regions of Christmas Hill.
The nature sanctuary consists of two physically and ecologically distinct a... |
5143660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway%20City%2C%20California | Midway City, California | Midway City is a census-designated place in the United States that forms part of the county land controlled by Orange County, California. The only area in Orange County that incorporates its chamber of commerce and homeowners association to act in concert like a city council, the area mostly is surrounded by Westminste... |
5143790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%20in%20the%20American%20Civil%20War | Ohio in the American Civil War | During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort. Despite the state's boas... |
5143826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1992 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1992 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
This year is notable for a fourth-term general election victory for the Conservative Party; "Black Wednesday" (16 September), the suspension of the UK's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism; and an annu... |
5144262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Coughlan | Stephen Coughlan | Stephen Coughlan (26 December 1910 – 20 December 1994) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for sixteen years as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency. During the 1930s and 40s he was a member of the Irish Republican Army but in the post-World War 2 period he moved into politics, first with th... |
5144485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick%20Alleyn | Roderick Alleyn | Roderick Alleyn (pronounced "Allen") is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934. He is the policeman hero of the 32 detective novels of Ngaio Marsh. Marsh and her gentleman detective belong firmly in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, although the last Alleyn novel, Light Thickens, was published in 1982.
Ma... |
5144767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci | Sanssouci | Sanssouci () is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it, too, is notable for ... |
5144956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20California%2C%20Santa%20Cruz%20people | List of University of California, Santa Cruz people | This page lists notable alumni and faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz; alumni may have attended without graduating.
Notable alumni
Academia
William Drea Adams – President of Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Michelle Anderson, B.A. 1989 – (born 1967) – President of Brooklyn College, and a scholar on ... |
5146476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive%20isolation | Reproductive isolation | The mechanisms of reproductive isolation are a collection of evolutionary mechanisms, behaviors and physiological processes critical for speciation. They prevent members of different species from producing offspring, or ensure that any offspring are sterile. These barriers maintain the integrity of a species by reducin... |
5146860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandi%20Thom | Sandi Thom | Alexandria "Sandi" Thom () (born 11 August 1981) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Banff, Scotland. She became widely known in 2006 after her debut single, "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)", topped the UK Singles Chart in June of that year, as well as in Australia, Irel... |
5148223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th%20Grey%20Cup | 96th Grey Cup | The 96th Grey Cup was held in Montreal, Quebec at Olympic Stadium on November 23, 2008. The East Division champion Montreal Alouettes hosted the West Division champion Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders won the game 22–14, with quarterback Henry Burris winning the MVP award. It was the first time Montreal had hosted th... |
5148421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTA%20Show | FTA Show | The FTA Show (or FTA Tour or Free The Army tour), a play on the common troop expression "Fuck The Army" (which in turn was a play on the army slogan "Fun, Travel and Adventure"), was a 1971 anti-Vietnam War road show for GIs designed as a response to Bob Hope's patriotic and pro-war USO tour. The idea was first conceiv... |
5148454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Sikhism | History of Sikhism | Guru Nanak founded the Sikh faith in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the end of fifteenth century. He was first of the ten Sikh Gurus. The tenth, Guru Gobind Singh, formalised its practices on 13 April 1699. He baptised five Sikh people from different parts of India, with different ... |
5148619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ace%20Attorney%20characters | List of Ace Attorney characters | Ace Attorney is a series of legal thriller comedy-drama adventure/visual novel games created by Shu Takumi. Players assume the role of a defense attorney in a fictional courtroom setting in the main series. Published by Capcom, the series includes Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for... |
5148836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20Protection%20Act%201990 | Environmental Protection Act 1990 | The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (initialism: EPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that defines, within England and Wales and Scotland, the fundamental structure and authority for waste management and control of emissions into the environment.
Overview
Part 1: establishes a general regime by w... |
5149026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20subchannel | Digital subchannel | In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual program stream, and mul... |
5149412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%20Bonucci | Leonardo Bonucci | Leonardo Bonucci (; born 1 May 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Union Berlin and the Italy national team. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, Bonucci is known for his technique, ball-playing skills, tackling and his ability to play in either... |
5149785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Utah | History of Utah | The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western United States.
Prehistory
Archaeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of humans in Utah to about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Paleolithic people lived near the Great Basin's swamps an... |
5149894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 17th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 25 and 26 June 1949. Luigi Chinetti won the race for a third time in the first Ferrari barchetta by driving 22.5 hours. This race also saw the death of British driver Pierre Maréchal when his Aston Martin DB2 was involved in an acciden... |
5150308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Menk | Eric Menk | Eric Conrad Padua Menk (born August 24, 1974) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player who played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the ASEAN Basketball League. Known as Major Pain, Menk is a four-time PBA champion and was the 2004–05 PBA Most Valuable Player.
Menk had played for t... |
5150349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog%20signaling%20pathway | Hedgehog signaling pathway | The Hedgehog signaling pathway is a signaling pathway that transmits information to embryonic cells required for proper cell differentiation. Different parts of the embryo have different concentrations of hedgehog signaling proteins. The pathway also has roles in the adult. Diseases associated with the malfunction of t... |
5150675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon%20State%20and%20University%20Library%20Dresden | Saxon State and University Library Dresden | The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in ), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library () for the German State of Saxony as well as the academic library for the Dresden University of Technology (). It was created in 1996 through the merger of the Saxon ... |
5150707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20history%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%20%281979%E2%80%93present%29 | Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) | The modern political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) began when Margaret Thatcher gained power in 1979, giving rise to 18 years of Conservative government. Victory in the Falklands War (1982) and the government's strong opposition to trade unions helped lead the Conservative Party to another three terms in... |
5150937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella%20III%3A%20A%20Twist%20in%20Time | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is a 2007 American animated musical fantasy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Directed by Frank Nissen from a screenplay written by Dan Berendsen, Margaret Heidenry, Colleen Ventimilia, and Eddie Guerlain, it is the third insta... |
5151877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Deer%20Creek | White Deer Creek | White Deer Creek is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Centre County and Union County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Miles Township in Centre County and Hartley Township, Lewis Township, West Buffalo Township, and White Deer Township in Union County.... |
5152585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Wild%20Cards%20characters | List of Wild Cards characters | This is a list of characters from the Wild Cards book series.
Astronomer
The Astronomer first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series.
He is the leader of a cul... |
5153113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahtzee%20Croshaw | Yahtzee Croshaw | Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw (born 24 May 1983) is a British comedic writer, author, video game journalist, humorist, podcaster, and video game developer. He is best known for his video game review series Zero Punctuation, which he produces for The Escapist. Before this, Croshaw gained attention in the Adventure ... |
5153927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade%20dollar%20%28United%20States%20coin%29 | Trade dollar (United States coin) | The United States trade dollar was a dollar coin minted by the United States Mint to compete with other large silver trade coins that were already popular in East Asia. The idea first came about in the 1860s, when the price of silver began to decline due to increased mining in the western United States. A bill providin... |
5154433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Chanchu | Typhoon Chanchu | Typhoon Chanchu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Caloy, was the most intense typhoon in the South China Sea in the month of May according to the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO). The first named storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season, Chanchu formed on May 8 in the vicinity of the Federated States of Micronesia and pr... |
5155293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction%20field%20computing | Construction field computing | Construction field computing is the use of handheld devices that augment the construction superintendent's ability to manage the operations on a construction site. These information appliances (IA) must be portable devices which can be carried or worn by the user, and have computational and connectivity capacity to per... |
5156543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway%20people | Piscataway people | The Piscataway or Piscatawa , are Native Americans. They spoke Algonquian Piscataway, a dialect of Nanticoke. One of their neighboring tribes, with whom they merged after a massive decline of population following two centuries of interactions with European settlers, called them the Conoy.
Two major groups representin... |
5156923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Brighton | History of Brighton | The history of Brighton is that of an ancient fishing village which emerged as a health resort in the 18th century and grew into one of the largest towns in England by the 20th century.
Etymology
The etymology of the name of Brighton lies in the Old English Beorhthelmes tūn (Beorhthelm's farmstead). This name has evol... |
5157044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudawana | Mudawana | The Mudawana (or Moudawana, ), short for mudawwanat al-aḥwāl al-shakhṣiyyah (, ), is the personal status code, also known as the family code, in Moroccan law. It concerns issues related to the family, including the regulation of marriage, polygamy, divorce, inheritance, and child custody. Originally based on the Maliki... |
5157367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Ross%20%28painter%29 | Jerry Ross (painter) | Jerry Ross (born May 11, 1944, in Buffalo, New York) is an American painter.
Early life and work
He was born Gerald Gross to first-generation Jewish parents, Sidney and Jeanette Gross. The family moved to the suburbs (Kenmore and the town of Tonawanda, New York). An art teacher recognized his talent and recommended th... |
5157556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix%20Saint-Michel | Prix Saint-Michel | The Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and although often said to be the oldest European comics awards, they are actually the second oldest comics award in Europe still presented, behind the Adamson Awa... |
5158306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Catholic%20University%20of%20America%20people | List of Catholic University of America people | The following is a list of notable alumni of the Catholic University of America, the national university of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, located in Washington, D.C.
There are several names that could appear on this list twice, but will only appear in the area for which they are best known. For exam... |
5158441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20milking | Automatic milking | Automatic milking is the milking of dairy animals, especially of dairy cattle, without human labour. Automatic milking systems (AMS), also called voluntary milking systems (VMS), were developed in the late 20th century. They have been commercially available since the early 1990s. The core of such systems that allows co... |
5158642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Waddell | Laurence Waddell | Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell, CB, CIE, F.L.S., L.L.D, M.Ch., I.M.S. RAI, F.R.A.S (29 May 1854 – 19 September 1938) was a Scottish explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and San... |
5158878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Wimberley | Douglas Wimberley | Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley, (15 August 1896 – 26 August 1983) was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, commanded the 51st (Highland) Division for two years, from 1941 to 1943, notably at the Second Battle of El Alamein, before leading it across North Africa and in the Allied campaign in S... |
5159010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella%20Whitney | Isabella Whitney | Isabella Whitney (most likely born between 1546 and 1548, died after 1624); fl. 1566–1600) was arguably the first female poet and professional woman writer in England. More specifically, Whitney is credited with being the first Englishwoman to have penned and published original secular poetry under her own name.
Early... |
5159487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoronet%20Abbey | Thoronet Abbey | Thoronet Abbey () is a former Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century, now restored as a museum. It is sited between the towns of Draguignan and Brignoles in the Var Department of Provence, in southeast France. It is one of the three Cistercian abbeys in Provence, along with the Sénanqu... |
5160010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion%20in%20animals | Emotion in animals | Emotion is defined as any mental experience with high intensity and high hedonic content. The existence and nature of emotions in non-human animals are believed to be correlated with those of humans and to have evolved from the same mechanisms. Charles Darwin was one of the first scientists to write about the subject, ... |
5161996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania%20War | Uganda–Tanzania War | The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War (Kiswahili: Vita vya Kagera) and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979 and led to the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin. The war was preceded by a deterioration of relations betwee... |
5162142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20Me%20When%20You%27re%20Sober | Call Me When You're Sober | "Call Me When You're Sober" is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their second studio album, The Open Door. It was released as the album's lead single on September 4, 2006. The track was written by Amy Lee and guitarist Terry Balsamo, and produced by Dave Fortman. A musical fusion of alternative metal, symph... |
5162371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sakura%20Wars%20characters | List of Sakura Wars characters | This article is a list of fictional characters from the Sakura Wars series. The visuals of the characters were created by Kōsuke Fujishima and designed by Hidenori Matsubara, while their scenarios were written by Satoru Akahori.
The names of the various troupes/divisions of the Imperial Combat Revue (e.g., flower, sta... |
5162587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondout%2C%20New%20York | Rondout, New York | Rondout (pronounced "ron doubt"), is situated in Ulster County, New York on the Hudson River at the mouth of Rondout Creek. Originally a maritime village, the arrival of the Delaware and Hudson Canal helped create a city that dwarfed nearby Kingston. Rondout would become the third largest port on the Hudson River. Rond... |
5164043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Stojkovi%C4%87 | Vladimir Stojković | Vladimir Stojković (, ; born 28 July 1983) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Fayha.
During his career he played for the two biggest clubs in his country, Red Star and Partizan, but also represented teams in eight other countries, notably with Sporting CP who l... |
5164268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Foliot | Gilbert Foliot | Gilbert Foliot (c. 1110 – 18 February 1187) was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in France at about the age of twenty. After holding two posts as prior in the Cluniac order he... |
5164286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20audit | Internal audit | Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and gov... |
5164538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Caguioa | Mark Caguioa | Mark Anthony Yu Caguioa (born November 19, 1979) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as The Spark and as MC47 from his initials and his jersey number, he is also half of "The Fast and The Furious", along w... |
5164876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Bellick | Brad Bellick | Bradley Bellick is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wade Williams. As one of the principal characters of Prison Break, he has been featured in the first four seasons of the series. The character was introduced in the series' pilot as Captain Brad Bellick, the l... |
5164982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sens%20Cathedral | Sens Cathedral | Sens Cathedral () is a Catholic cathedral in Sens in Burgundy, eastern France. The cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, is the seat of the Archbishop of Sens.
Sens was the first cathedral to be built in the Gothic architectural style (the Basilica of Saint Denis, the other pioneer Gothic building built at about the ... |
5164985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNKY | WNKY | WNKY (channel 40) is a television station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with NBC and CBS. Owned by Marquee Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on Chestnut Street in downtown Bowling Green, and its transmitter is located on Pilot Knob near Smiths Grove along U.S. Route 68 and I-65.
Histo... |
5165154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Book%20of%20the%20Thousand%20Nights%20and%20a%20Night | The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night | The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1888), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is the only complete English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights) to date – a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compil... |
5165163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav%20National%20Movement | Yugoslav National Movement | The Yugoslav National Movement (, ), also known as the United Militant Labour Organization ( / , or Zbor / ), was a Yugoslav fascist movement and organization led by politician Dimitrije Ljotić. Founded in 1935, it received considerable German financial and political assistance during the interwar period and participat... |
5165199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern%20hair%20loss | Pattern hair loss | Pattern hair loss (also known as androgenetic alopecia (AGA)) is a hair loss condition that primarily affects the top and front of the scalp. In male-pattern hair loss (MPHL), the hair loss typically presents itself as either a receding front hairline, loss of hair on the crown (vertex) of the scalp, or a combination o... |
5165379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal%20laws%20%28Ireland%29 | Penal laws (Ireland) | In Ireland, the penal laws () were a series of legal disabilities imposed in the seventeenth, and early eighteenth, centuries on the kingdom's Roman Catholic majority and, to a lesser degree, on Protestant "Dissenters". Enacted by the Irish Parliament, they secured the Protestant Ascendancy by further concentrating pro... |
5165595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Fighter%20Group | 23rd Fighter Group | The 23rd Fighter Group (23 FG) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23rd Wing and stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
The 23rd Fighter Group was established in World War II as the 23rd Pursuit Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Redesignated the 23rd Fighter Group before its... |
5166007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YFZ%20Ranch | YFZ Ranch | The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZ Ranch, was a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community of as many as 700 people, located near Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States. In April 2014, the State of Texas took physical and legal possession of the property.
Background
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5166331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2020%20in%20New%20York | U.S. Route 20 in New York | U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Newport, Oregon, to Boston, Massachusetts. In the U.S. state of New York, US 20 extends from the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley to the Massachusetts state line in the Berkshires. US 20 is the longest surface road in New York... |
5166384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate%20basal%20ganglia | Primate basal ganglia | The basal ganglia form a major brain system in all species of vertebrates, but in primates (including humans) there are special features that justify a separate consideration. As in other vertebrates, the primate basal ganglia can be divided into striatal, pallidal, nigral, and subthalamic components. In primates, ho... |
5166586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Wimbledon%20Championships | 2007 Wimbledon Championships | The 2007 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 121st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 2007. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the y... |
5167121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Forces%20Retirement%20Home | Armed Forces Retirement Home | The Armed Forces Retirement Home refers to one of two facilities, one in Gulfport, Mississippi, the other in Washington, D.C., that house veterans and active duty members of the United States Armed Forces.
Current status
In 1991 Congress incorporated the U.S. Naval Home (opened in 1834) and U. S. Soldiers' and Airmen'... |
5167290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Courtenay%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Devon | Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon | Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (c. 1527 – 18 September 1556) was an English nobleman during the rule of the Tudor dynasty. Born into a family with close royal connections, he was at various times considered a possible match for the two daughters of Henry VIII, both of whom became queens regnant of England. He was ... |
5167559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage%20stamps%20of%20Ireland | Postage stamps of Ireland | The postage stamps of Ireland are issued by the postal operator of the independent Irish state. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland when the world's first postage stamps were issued in 1840. These stamps, and all subsequent British issues, were used in Ireland until the new Irish Governm... |
5167583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz%20Joubert%20Duquesne | Fritz Joubert Duquesne | Frederick "Fritz" Joubert Duquesne ( ; sometimes Du Quesne; 21 September 187724 May 1956) was a South African Boer and German soldier, big-game hunter, journalist, and spy. Many of the claims Duquesne made about himself are in dispute; over his lifetime he used multiple identities, reinvented his past at will, claimed ... |
5167735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20conjugation | Dutch conjugation | This article explains the conjugation of Dutch verbs.
Classification of verbs
There are two different ways in which Dutch verbs can be grouped: by conjugational class and by derivation. These two categorizations describe different aspects of a verb's conjugation and therefore are complementary to each other.
By conj... |
5167745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Allard | Sydney Allard | Sydney Herbert Allard (19 June 1910 – 12 April 1966) was the founder of the Allard car company and a successful rally driver and hillclimb driver in cars of his own manufacture.
Trials, hillclimbs, rallies, and road racing
Born in London, England, Sydney grew up a member of a family owning a substantial Ford dealersh... |
5167907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn%20Gandy | Evelyn Gandy | Edythe Evelyn Gandy (September 4, 1920 – December 23, 2007) was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1976 to 1980. A Democrat who held several public offices throughout her career, she was the first woman elected to a statewide constitutional office in Mississippi. B... |
5168050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Sheffield%20Wednesday%20F.C. | History of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | The history of Sheffield Wednesday F.C., an English football club from Sheffield, dates back to the club's establishment in 1867. The club would see early regional success followed by a rocky transition to professionalism. Although it has spent the majority of its Football League years in the top flight, its position w... |
5168156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed%20expansion%20of%20the%20Buffalo%20Metro%20Rail | Proposed expansion of the Buffalo Metro Rail | Since the Buffalo Metro Rail light rail was proposed in the 1970s, there have been multiple proposals for expanding the system, which is currently a single long line. Public officials, agencies and advocacy groups have created plans, with the most recent and extensive being an extension to the town of Amherst. Groups ... |
5168174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth | Sloth | Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths. Noted for their slowness of movement, tree sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South Amer... |
5168284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough%20Castle | Scarborough Castle | Scarborough Castle is a former medieval royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The site of the castle, encompassing the Iron Age settlement, Roman signal station, an Anglo-Scandinavian settlement and chapel, the 12th-century enclosure castle an... |
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