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5240792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Kumler%20Flickinger | Daniel Kumler Flickinger | Daniel Kumler Flickinger (25 May 1824 – 29 August 1911) was an American bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, elected in 1885. He was the twenty-fifth Bishop of this Christian denomination, and the first elected to the office of Missionary Bishop.
Family
Bishop Flickinger was born 25 May 1824 near t... |
5241465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums%20in%20New%20Zealand | Referendums in New Zealand | Referendums (or referenda) are held only occasionally by the Government of New Zealand. Referendums may be government-initiated or held in accordance with the Electoral Act 1993 or the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993. Nineteen referendums have been held so far (excluding referendums on alcohol licensing, which we... |
5241875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D%20Okamoto | Tarō Okamoto | was a Japanese artist, art theorist, and writer. He is particularly well known for his avant-garde paintings and public sculptures and murals, and for his theorization of traditional Japanese culture and avant-garde artistic practices.
Biography
Early life (1911–1929)
Taro Okamoto was the son of cartoonist Okamoto I... |
5241974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt%20shingle | Asphalt shingle | An asphalt shingle is a type of wall or roof shingle that uses asphalt for waterproofing. It is one of the most widely used roofing covers in North America because it has a relatively inexpensive up-front cost and is fairly simple to install.
History
Asphalt shingles are an American invention by Henry Reynolds of Gran... |
5242674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe%20%28character%29 | Circe (character) | Circe is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. Based upon the eponymous Greek mythological figure who imprisoned Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, she is a wicked sorceress and major recurring adversary of the superhero Wonder Woman. She has been presented variously since first appeari... |
5242831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20New%20South%20Wales | Fire and Rescue New South Wales | Fire and Rescue New South Wales (previously known as New South Wales Fire Brigades), an agency of the Government of New South Wales, Australia, is responsible for firefighting, rescue and HazMat services in the major cities, metropolitan areas and towns across New South Wales. Fire and Rescue NSW is the fourth largest ... |
5242843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20English%20non-League%20football%20system | History of the English non-League football system | For more information on the current structure of the NLS, see the main article.
The history of the English non-League football system encompasses the history of non-League football in England. The non-League football system describes the hierarchical system interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs t... |
5243591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay%20Iyer | Vijay Iyer | Vijay Iyer (born October 26, 1971) is an American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer and writer based in New York City. The New York Times has called him a "social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway". Iyer received a 2013 MacArthur Fellows... |
5243711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20II%20of%20England | James II of England | James VII and II (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland.... |
5243877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar%20Revolution | Zanzibar Revolution | The Zanzibar Revolution () occurred in January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by the island's majority Black African population.
Zanzibar was an ethnically diverse state consisting of a number of islands off the east coast of Tanganyika. It had become fully indep... |
5244662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem%20C.%20Vis%20Moot | Willem C. Vis Moot | The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot or Vis Moot is an international moot competition. Since 1994, it has been held annually in Vienna, Austria, attracting more than 300 law schools from all around the world and spurring the creation of more than 20 pre-moots each year before the actual rounds ar... |
5244815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.P.%20Indy | A.P. Indy | A.P. Indy (March 31, 1989 – February 21, 2020) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Belmont Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic on his way to American Horse of the Year honors in 1992. His time in the Belmont Stakes tied Easy Goer for the second-fastest running in the history of the race, behind his damsire ... |
5244851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara%20%C3%93%20Cinn%C3%A9ide | Dara Ó Cinnéide | Dara Ó Cinnéide (born 25 April 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club An Ghaeltacht and at senior level for the Kerry county team from 1995 until 2005. Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 2004.
Biography
Dara Ó Cinnéide was born in Dublin in 1975, but grew... |
5245079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20National%20Health%20Service | History of the National Health Service | The name National Health Service (NHS) is used to refer to the publicly funded health care services of England, Scotland and Wales, individually or collectively. Northern Ireland's services are known as 'Health and Social Care' to promote its dual integration of health and social services.
For details of the history o... |
5245122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%20folk%20music | Philippine folk music | The traditional music of the Philippines reflects the Philippines' diverse culture, originating from more than 100 ethnolinguistic groups and shaped by a widely varying historical and sociocultural milieu.
Classification
Traditional Filipino music is reflective of the country's history as a melting pot of different c... |
5245261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Cape%20Gloucester | Battle of Cape Gloucester | The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the main Al... |
5245337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin%20Lavransdatter | Kristin Lavransdatter | {{Infobox book
| name = Kristin Lavransdatter (The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross)
| image = Kristin Lavransdatter.jpg
| caption = 1935 Knopf edition
| title_orig = Kristin Lavransdatter (Kransen, Husfrue, Korset)
| translator =
| author = Sigrid Undset
| cover_... |
5245886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution%20in%20ancient%20Greece | Prostitution in ancient Greece | Prostitution was a common aspect of ancient Greece. In the more important cities, and particularly the many ports, it employed a significant number of people and represented a notable part of economic activity. It was far from being clandestine; cities did not condemn brothels, but rather only instituted regulations on... |
5245920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth%20Bale | Gareth Bale | Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid. He is widely regarded as one of the best footballers of his generation and one of the greatest Welsh players of all time. He was best known for his explosive pace,... |
5245926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emakimono | Emakimono | Illustrated handscrolls, , or is an illustrated horizontal narration system of painted handscrolls that dates back to Nara-period (710–794 CE) Japan. Initially copying their much older Chinese counterparts in style, during the succeeding Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura periods (1185–1333), Japanese developed their own ... |
5246326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda%20Militia%20Artillery | Bermuda Militia Artillery | The Bermuda Militia Artillery was a unit of part-time soldiers organised in 1895 as a reserve for the Royal Garrison Artillery detachment of the Regular Army garrison in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda. Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies were intended to man coastal batteries in times o... |
5247064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar%20Wentzel | Volkmar Wentzel | Volkmar Kurt Wentzel (February 8, 1915 – May 10, 2006) was a German American photographer and cinematographer. He worked for nearly 50 years for the National Geographic Society as a darkroom technician and photographer, and his professional and personal work was highly acclaimed. He was one of the first people to take ... |
5247146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult%20Film%20Association%20of%20America | Adult Film Association of America | The Adult Film Association of America (AFAA) was the first American association of pornographic film producers. It fought against censorship laws, attempted to defend the industry against prosecution for obscenity, and held an annual adult film awards ceremony. Founded in 1969, it continued separate operation until 199... |
5247225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Indianapolis%20500 | 2006 Indianapolis 500 | The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish Jr. won from the pole position. It was Hornish's first and only win at Indianapolis, and the record fourteenth Indy victory for Penske Racing. Hornish would later win the IndyCar Series champio... |
5247267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Donovan | Dick Donovan | Richard Edward Donovan (December 7, 1927 – January 6, 1997) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Braves (1950–1952), Detroit Tigers (1954), Chicago White Sox (1955–1960), Washington Senators (1961) and Cleveland Indians (1962–1965). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, stood ... |
5247499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup%20%28TV%20series%29 | Supergroup (TV series) | Supergroup is an American reality television show which aired on VH1 in 2006. The show followed five well-known hard rock and heavy metal musicians over a 12-day period during which they lived together in a Las Vegas mansion owned by Nico Santucci in order to create, plan and perform a live show together. The show, whi... |
5247841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20National%20Bank%20of%20Omaha | First National Bank of Omaha | First National Bank Omaha is a bank headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The namesake and leading subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, it is the third largest privately held bank subsidiary in the United States with $17 billion in assets and 4320 employees.
Chartered and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United Stat... |
5247934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20de%20G%C3%A1lvez%2C%201st%20Marquess%20of%20Sonora | José de Gálvez, 1st Marquess of Sonora | José de Gálvez y Gallardo, 1st Marquess of Sonora (2 January 1720, Macharaviaya, Spain – 17 June 1787, Aranjuez, Spain) was a Spanish lawyer and Visitador general (inspector general) in New Spain (1764–1772); later appointed to the Council of the Indies (1775–1787). He was one of the prime figures behind the Bourbon Re... |
5248022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel%20warfare | Tunnel warfare | Tunnel warfare involves war being conducted in tunnels and other underground cavities. It often includes the construction of underground facilities in order to attack or defend, and the use of existing natural caves and artificial underground facilities for military purposes. Tunnels can be used to undermine fortificat... |
5248219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20of%20the%20Sicilian%20Vespers | War of the Sicilian Vespers | The War of the Sicilian Vespers, also shortened to the War of the Vespers, was a conflict waged by several medieval European kingdoms over control of Sicily from 1282 to 1302. The war, which started with the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers, was fought over competing dynastic claims to the throne of Sicily and grew to in... |
5248778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahib%20Bibi%20Aur%20Ghulam | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam () is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language drama film that was directed by Abrar Alvi and produced by Guru Dutt, who also co-stars in it alongside Meena Kumari, Rehman, and Waheeda Rehman. The film, which is based on Bimal Mitra's Bengali-language novel Saheb Bibi Golam (1953) which was the second adaptat... |
5248801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tefan%20Voitec | Ștefan Voitec | Ștefan Voitec (also rendered Ștefan Voitech, Stepan Voitek; June 19, 1900 – December 4, 1984) was a Romanian Marxist journalist and politician who held important positions in the state apparatus of Communist Romania. Debuting as a member of the Socialist Party of Romania in his late teens, he formed the Socialist Worke... |
5249121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Museum%20of%20Serbia | National Museum of Serbia | The National Museum of Serbia () is the largest and oldest museum in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the central zone of Belgrade on a square plot between the Republic Square, formerly Theatre Square, and three streets: Čika Ljubina, Vasina and Laze Pačua. Its main facade is on the Republic Square and the official a... |
5249139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism%20of%20Franklin%20D.%20Roosevelt | Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Before, during and after his presidential terms and continuing today, there has been criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945). His critics have questioned not only his policies and positions, but also accused him of trying to centralize power in his own hands by controlling both the government and the Democratic ... |
5249253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethean%3A%20The%20Created | Promethean: The Created | Promethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the Chronicles of Darkness setting.
The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling a human corpse in mos... |
5249344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20birds%20of%20Vieques | List of birds of Vieques | This is a list of birds recorded in the island of Vieques. Vieques is an island municipality of Puerto Rico located off the east coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, south of Culebra island and west of the Virgin Islands. It has a total area of 348.15 km2, of which only 135 km2 is land area. On May 1, 2001, the wes... |
5249586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Mario | Super Mario | (also known as and ) is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario franchise. At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console. There are more than 20 games in the series.
The Super Mario games are s... |
5249628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchheim%20unter%20Teck | Kirchheim unter Teck | Kirchheim unter Teck (Swabian: Kircha) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is 10 km (6 miles) near the Teck castle, approximately southeast of Stuttgart. It is the fourth city in the Esslingen district, forming a ... |
5249681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20Massachusetts%20Amherst%20alumni | List of University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni | The University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni number is around 243,628 worldwide, as 2014.
Academy Award winners
William Monahan, for adapted screenplay, The Departed
Buffy Sainte-Marie, for best song, "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
Emmy Award winners
Ed Christie 1979, BFA, art director/desi... |
5249683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texarkana%20Moonlight%20Murders | Texarkana Moonlight Murders | The Texarkana Moonlight Murders, a term coined by the contemporary press, was a series of four unsolved serial murders and related violent crimes committed in and around the Texarkana region of Arkansas and Texas in the late winter and spring of 1946. They were attributed to an alleged unidentified serial killer known ... |
5250192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python%20syntax%20and%20semantics | Python syntax and semantics | The syntax of the Python programming language is the set of rules that defines how a Python program will be written and interpreted (by both the runtime system and by human readers). The Python language has many similarities to Perl, C, and Java. However, there are some definite differences between the languages. It su... |
5250543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungnam%20evacuation | Hungnam evacuation | The Hungnam evacuation or Heungnam redeployment (), also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations (UN) forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, Hamhung, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War. As part of the fighting withdrawal of UN forces a... |
5250634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20unrest%20in%20Kosovo | 2004 unrest in Kosovo | On 17–18 March 2004, the violence was erupted in the partitioned town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, leaving hundreds wounded and at least 14 people dead since the end of the 1998–99 conflict. The unrest was precipitated by reports in the Kosovo Albanian media which claimed that three Kosovo Albanian boys had drowned after bein... |
5251212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%201965 | December 1965 | The following events occurred in December 1965:
December 1, 1965 (Wednesday)
The Border Security Force was established in India as a special force to guard the country's borders with Pakistan, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan.
The village of 't Haantje, Drenthe, in the Netherlands, narrowly escaped a ... |
5251215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201965 | May 1965 | The following events occurred in May 1965:
May 1, 1965 (Saturday)
The Battle of Dong-Yin took place between Taiwan and Mainland China. A Republic of China Navy destroyer was patrolling the Taiwan Strait near Dongyin Island on its side of the border, when it encountered eight gunboats from the Navy of the People's Rep... |
5251799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Serbia | Old Serbia | Old Serbia () is a Serbian historiographical term that is used to describe the territory that according to the dominant school of Serbian historiography in the late 19th century formed the core of the Serbian Empire in 1346–71.
The term does not refer to a defined region but over time in the late 19th century and the ... |
5252138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yimas%20language | Yimas language | The Yimas language is spoken by the Yimas people, who populate the Sepik River Basin region of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Yimas village (), Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. It is a member of the Lower-Sepik language family. All 250-300 speakers of Yimas live in two villages along the lower reac... |
5252440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajnarayan%20Chandavarkar | Rajnarayan Chandavarkar | Rajnarayan Chandavarkar (1953 – 23 April 2006) was a reader in the history and politics of South Asia and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Background
Chandavarkar's work engaged most directly with the processes involved in the formation of the industrial working classes in Mumbai. He worked toward defining a new... |
5252615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off%20the%20derech | Off the derech | Off the derech (, pronounced: , meaning: path) (OTD) is a Yeshiva-English expression used to describe the state of a Jew who has left an Orthodox way of life or community, and whose new lifestyle is secular, non-Jewish, or of a non-Orthodox form of Judaism, as part of a contemporary social phenomenon tied to the Digita... |
5254118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail%20marketing | Retail marketing | Once the strategic plan is in place, retail managers turn to the more managerial aspects of planning. A retail mix is devised for the purpose of coordinating day-to-day tactical decisions. The retail marketing mix typically consists of six broad decision layers including product decisions, place decisions, promotion, p... |
5254599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%20Out%20of%20Hell%20III%3A%20The%20Monster%20Is%20Loose | Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose | Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose is the ninth studio album by Meat Loaf, and the third and final album in the Bat Out of Hell trilogy. It was released in Ireland on October 20, 2006, 29 years after Bat Out of Hell (1977), and 13 years after Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993). It was released in the UK o... |
5254612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo%20Gabba%20Gabba%21 | Yo Gabba Gabba! | Yo Gabba Gabba! is a children's musical television series created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz. The series is about five costumed toys come-to-life and their friend DJ Lance Rock (Lance Robertson). It is co-produced by the Magic Store and Wildbrain Entertainment. Its first episode premiered on Nickelodeon on A... |
5255469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%20at%20the%20Crossroads | America at the Crossroads | America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy is a 2006 book written by Francis Fukuyama.
This book briefly discusses the history of neoconservatism, with particular focus on its major tenets and political implications. Fukuyama outlines his rationale for supporting the Bush administratio... |
5255858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure%20Hunters%20%28TV%20series%29 | Treasure Hunters (TV series) | Treasure Hunters is a reality television series on NBC (US) and Global (Canada) in which ten teams of three solve puzzles and complete challenges in hopes of solving the ultimate puzzle and winning the grand prize. Teams travel across the United States and Europe in search of seven "artifacts" which when assembled will... |
5255978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Tavares | John Tavares | John Tavares (born September 20, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, where he spent nine seasons and served as captain for five seasons.
Previ... |
5256126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Woman%20in%20White%20%28musical%29 | The Woman in White (musical) | The Woman in White is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel, and a book by Charlotte Jones. It is based on the 1860 novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins, as well as on elements of the 1866 short story "The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens.
It ran for nineteen months in the West End and... |
5256266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bagthorpe%20Saga | The Bagthorpe Saga | The Bagthorpe Saga is a series of 10 novels by Helen Cresswell published between 1977 and 2001 winning two International Reading Association awards published in the UK and the United States by Faber and Faber. The first two novels formed the basis of a BBC TV comedy series in 1981.
Background
The saga follows the far... |
5256764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80n%C4%81p%C4%81nasati%20Sutta | Ānāpānasati Sutta | The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli) or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (Sanskrit), "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha's instruction on using awareness of the breath (anapana) as an initial focus for meditation.
The sutta includes sixteen steps of practice, and groups them into four... |
5256974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20humour | German humour | German humour is the conventions of comedy and its cultural meaning within the country of Germany. German humour encompasses traditions such as Kabarett and other forms of satire as well as more recent trends such as TV shows and stand-up comedy.
Germans distinguish between "Comedy" (using the English word) and "Komöd... |
5257280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duela%20Dent | Duela Dent | Duela Dent is a fictional character in the DC Universe. She is a former member of the Suicide Squad, the Teen Titans and its counterpart, Titans East. Introduced under the alias of the Joker's Daughter, she has also used aliases: Catgirl the Catwoman's Daughter, Scarecrone the Scarecrow's Daughter, the Riddler's Daught... |
5257745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20Park%20Civic%20Center | Point Park Civic Center | The Point Park Civic Center was a proposed civic center for downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, where the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers forms the Ohio River. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the structure on a commission from Edgar J. Kaufmann in the late 1940s. Wright initially envisioned... |
5258007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st%20Bombardment%20Group | 91st Bombardment Group | The 91st Bomb Group (Heavy) was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Classified as a heavy bombardment group, the 91st operated B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft and was known unofficially as "The Ragged Irregulars" or as "Wray's Ragged Irregulars", after the commander who to... |
5258045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF%20Bassingbourn | RAF Bassingbourn | Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately north of Royston, Hertfordshire and south west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
During the Second World War it served first as an RAF station and then as a bomber airfield of... |
5258096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleadon | Cleadon | Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside in the North East of England. Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the historic County Durham. In the 2011 UK Census the population of the South Tyneside ward of Cleadon and East Boldon was 8,427. Nearby ... |
5259161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Host%20%282006%20film%29 | The Host (2006 film) | The Host () is a 2006 South Korean epic monster film directed and co-written by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung, it tells the story of a monster that kidnaps a man's daughter, and his attempts to rescue her.
In 2000, Bong began conceptualizing a new monster mov... |
5259279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s%20geographies | Children's geographies | Children's geographies is an area of study within human geography and childhood studies which involves researching the places and spaces of children's lives.
Context
Children's geographies is the branch of human geography which deals with the study of places and spaces of children's lives, characterised experientially... |
5259694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson%20University%20College%20of%20Law | Stetson University College of Law | Stetson University College of Law (Stetson Law), founded in 1900 and part of Stetson University, is Florida's first law school. Originally located near the university's main campus in DeLand, Florida, the law school moved in 1954 to Gulfport, Florida. The law school occupies a historic 1920s resort hotel, the Rolyat Ho... |
5259813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint%20Lowery | Clint Lowery | Clint Lowery (born December 15, 1971) is an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Sevendust. He has also played in Dark New Day and Still Rain, and served as the touring guitarist for Korn and Seether through most of 2007 and 2017, respectivel... |
5259845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu%20peoples%20of%20South%20Africa | Bantu peoples of South Africa | South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the overwhelming majority ethno-racial group of South Africans. Occasionally grouped as Bantu, the term itself is derived from the English word "people", common to many of the Bantu languages. The Oxford Dictionary of South African English describes "Bantu", when used in a... |
5259899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%20Ben-Menashe | Ari Ben-Menashe | Ari Ben-Menashe (; born 4 December 1951) is an Israeli-Canadian businessman, security consultant, and author. He was previously an employee of Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate from 1977 to 1987, and an arms dealer. He lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and runs an international commodity exporting firm, Traege... |
5260104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahom%20kingdom | Ahom kingdom | The Ahom kingdom (, 1228–1826) was a late medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley (present-day Assam) that retained its independence for nearly 600 years despite encountering Mughal expansion in Northeast India. Established by Sukaphaa, a Tai prince from Mong Mao (present-day Yunnan Province, China), it began as a m... |
5260180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hevajra | Hevajra | Hevajra (Tibetan: ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ kye'i rdo rje / kye rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金剛 Xǐ jīngāng /
呼金剛 Hū jīngāng;) is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra's consort is Nairātmyā (Tibetan: bdag med ma).
History
India
The Hevajra Tantra, a yoginītantra of the anuttarayogatantr... |
5260228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprostocetus | Aprostocetus | Aprostocetus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1833. This very large group (about 800 described species) of parasitoid wasps has a global distribution.
Species
Widespread species
A. antiguensis – Caribbean, Florida
A parasitoid recorded on the c... |
5260571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster%20Rovers%20Belles%20L.F.C. | Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. | Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club, previously Doncaster Belles, is an English women's football club that currently plays in the , the fourth tier of women's football in England. The club's administration is based at the Eco Power Stadium (formerly Keepmoat Stadium) in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, while home m... |
5260658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion%20fatigue | Compassion fatigue | Compassion fatigue is an evolving concept in the field of traumatology. The term has been used interchangeably with secondary traumatic stress (STS), which is sometimes simply described as the negative cost of caring. Secondary traumatic stress is the term commonly employed in academic literature, although recent asses... |
5260820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20probe | Test probe | A test probe is a physical device used to connect electronic test equipment to a device under test (DUT). Test probes range from very simple, robust devices to complex probes that are sophisticated, expensive, and fragile. Specific types include test prods, oscilloscope probes and current probes. A test probe is often ... |
5261533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Leon%20County%2C%20Florida | History of Leon County, Florida | The history of Leon County, Florida, much like the History of Tallahassee, dates back to the settlement of the Americas. Beginning in the 16th century, the region was colonized by Europeans, becoming part of Spanish Florida. In 1819, the Adams–Onís Treaty ceded Spanish Florida, including modern-day Leon County, to the ... |
5261821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Wace | Alan Wace | Alan John Bayard Wace (13 July 1879 – 9 November 1957) was an English archaeologist, most known for his excavations at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in Greece. He served as director of the British School at Athens between 1914 and 1923, and excavated widely in Thessaly, in Laconia and in Egypt. He was also an authori... |
5261893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Winter%20King%20%28novel%29 | The Winter King (novel) | The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur is the first novel of the Warlord Chronicles trilogy by Bernard Cornwell, originally published in the UK in 1995 by Penguin Group. The book is based on characters and plot elements from Arthurian myth, but considerably changed and re-worked.
The novel is divided into five parts narra... |
5262128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy%20of%20God%20%28novel%29 | Enemy of God (novel) | Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur is the second novel in The Warlord Chronicles trilogy by Bernard Cornwell. A sequel to The Winter King, it was first published in the UK in 1996. The trilogy tells the legend of King Arthur through the eyes of his follower Derfel Cadarn.
Against all odds, Arthur, the warlord of Dumnonia... |
5262196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Herbert | Gary Herbert | Gary Richard Herbert (born May 7, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 17th governor of Utah from 2009 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the National Governors Association during the 2015–2016 cycle.
Herbert won a seat on the Utah County Commission in 1990, where he served 14 years. H... |
5263095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carola%20of%20Vasa | Carola of Vasa | Carola of Vasa (Caroline Friederike Franziska Stephanie Amalie Cäcilie; 5 August 1833 – 15 December 1907), was by birth a titular princess of Sweden and styled Princess of Vasa as member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, and by marriage the last queen consort of Saxony.
At the side of her husband, Carola dedicated her... |
5263542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Gladiator | Star Gladiator | is a 1996 weapon-based 3D fighting game released by Capcom for the PlayStation-based ZN-1 arcade hardware. It was Capcom's first in-house polygonal fighting game (the earlier Battle Arena Toshinden 2 was licensed to Capcom from an outside developer). A PlayStation port was released in October 1996. It was followed by a... |
5263684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralytic%20illness%20of%20Franklin%20D.%20Roosevelt | Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fevers; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a d... |
5263832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HK%20Drott | HK Drott | HK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the Swedish Championship eleven times, last in 2013.
Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball between 1984 and 2003. This club has had many famous players, among them Magnus Andersson, Ola Lindgren, Bengt Jo... |
5264082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist%20cosmology | Buddhist cosmology | Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries.
It consists of a temporal and a spatial cosmology. The temporal cosmology describes the timespan of the creation and dissolvement of alternate universes in different aeons. The spatial c... |
5264298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Greene | Danny Greene | {{Infobox person
| name = Danny Greene
| image = DannyGreene.gangster.png
| caption = Danny Greene circa. 1970s
| birth_name = Daniel John Patrick Greene
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Lyndhurst, Ohio, U.S.
| death_cause = Car bomb
| occupation = Longshoreman, doc... |
5264394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie%20Lester | Ronnie Lester | Ronnie Lester (born January 1, 1959) is a retired American basketball player and basketball executive. Lester was an NCAA All-American at the University of Iowa, leading Iowa to the 1980 NCAA Final Four. Lester was a member of the 1979 USA Basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1979 Pan-American Games. Lester ... |
5264608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore%20Slingers | Singapore Slingers | The Singapore Slingers are a Singaporean professional basketball team that currently compete in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Slingers were known as the JobStreet.com Singapore Slingers between 2009 and 2014, due to sponsorship ties with JobStreet.com.
The Slingers formerly competed in Australia's National Basketba... |
5264802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1980 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1980 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
Parliament – 48th
Events
January
2 January – Workers at British Steel Corporation go on a nationwide strike over pay called by the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, which has some ... |
5264993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence%20law%20school | Correspondence law school | A correspondence law school is a school that offers legal education by distance education, either by correspondence or online by use of the internet, or a combination thereof.
China
Distance legal education in China is available through Beijing Foreign Studies University through a partnership with Spirit of Law School... |
5265014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister%20Terrific%20%28Michael%20Holt%29 | Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) | Michael Holt is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character to take up the Mister Terrific mantle.
Echo Kellum portrayed a version of the character renamed Curtis Holt in the CW Arrowverse series Arrow, from the fourth to the final eighth season. Edi Gathegi will p... |
5265371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%2037 | Block 37 | 108 North State Street, also known as Block 37, is a development located in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the square block bounded clockwise from the North by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street that is known as "Block 37",... |
5265708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20participation | Public participation | Public participation, also known as citizen participation or patient and public involvement, is the inclusion of the public in the activities of any organization or project. Public participation is similar to but more inclusive than stakeholder engagement.
Generally public participation seeks and facilitates the invol... |
5265794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha%20Jacobovici | Simcha Jacobovici | Simcha Jacobovici (; born April 4, 1953) is a Canadian-Israeli journalist, New York Times best-selling author and documentary filmmaker.
Biography
Simcha Jacobovici's parents were Holocaust survivors from Iași, Romania. He was born April 4, 1953, in Petah Tikva, Israel. In 1962, the family relocated to Canada.
He ear... |
5265813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia%20mine%20fire | Centralia mine fire | The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause and start date are still a matter of debate. It is burning at depths of up to over an stretch of ... |
5266241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20liberalism%20in%20the%20United%20States | Modern liberalism in the United States | In United States politics, modern liberalism is a form of social liberalism that is one of two current major political factions in the United States. It combines ideas of civil liberty and equality with support for social justice. Economically, modern liberalism supports government regulation on private industry and op... |
5266298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinz%C3%B3n%20brothers | Pinzón brothers | The Pinzón brothers were Spanish sailors, pirates, explorers and fishermen, natives of Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spain. Martín Alonso, Francisco Martín and Vicente Yáñez, participated in Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World (generally considered to constitute the discovery of the Americas by Eur... |
5266592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur%3A%20A%20Novel%20of%20Arthur | Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur | Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur is a historical fiction novel by English writer Bernard Cornwell, first published in the UK in 1997. It is the third and final book in The Warlord Chronicles series, following The Winter King and Enemy of God. The trilogy tells the legend of King Arthur through the eyes of his follower Derf... |
5267121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Danzan-ry%C5%AB%20techniques | List of Danzan-ryū techniques | The Danzan Ryu lists differ in concept from the Kodokan Judo lists in that the techniques are taught in kata form in some applicable context, rather than
simply demonstrating and enumerating a single technique. Deashi Hayanada, for example, is not a single technique, but a combination of Deashi Harai (foot sweep) and T... |
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