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5298619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20laser | Ring laser | Ring lasers are composed of two beams of light of the same polarization traveling in opposite directions ("counter-rotating") in a closed loop.
Ring lasers are used most frequently as gyroscopes (ring laser gyroscope) in moving vessels like cars, ships, planes, and missiles. The world's largest ring lasers can detec... |
5298667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits%20by%20Vincent%20van%20Gogh | Portraits by Vincent van Gogh | Vincent van Gogh lived during the Impressionist era. With the development of photography, painters and artists turned to conveying the feeling and ideas behind people, places, and things rather than trying to imitate their physical forms. Impressionist artists did this by emphasizing certain hues, using vigorous brushs... |
5299184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina%20Bay%20Sands | Marina Bay Sands | Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore and a landmark of the city. At its opening in 2010, it was deemed the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion (US$6.88 billion). The resort includes a 2,561-room hotel, a convention-exhibition centre, the The Shoppes at... |
5299314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Back%20to%20the%20Future%20characters | List of Back to the Future characters | The Back to the Future film trilogy and subsequent animated series feature characters created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
The lead character of the series is Marty McFly. During the course of the trilogy, he travels through time using a DeLorean time machine invented by his friend Emmett Brown. He also encounters... |
5299637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Sugden | Victoria Sugden | Victoria Sugden (also Barton) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played since 12 October 2006 by Isabel Hodgins. As a young child, Victoria was played by Jessica Heywood until 1997, followed by Hannah Midgley from 1997 to 2006. Victoria is currently the longest serving female character on t... |
5299641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holnicote%20Estate | Holnicote Estate | Holnicote (pronounced "Hunnicutt") in the parish of Selworthy, West Somerset, England, is a historic estate consisting of 12,420 acres (5,026 hectares) of land, much situated within the Exmoor National Park.
There have been several houses on the estate over the last 500 years. In 1705 a new mansion was built which wa... |
5300067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20High%20School%20%28New%20Jersey%29 | Elizabeth High School (New Jersey) | Elizabeth High School (officially known as Elizabeth High School - Frank J. Cicarell Academy), is a four-year public high school located in Elizabeth, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Elizabeth Public Schools. In 2009, the school and its m... |
5300134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship%20in%20India | Censorship in India | Censorship in India has taken various forms throughout its history. Although the Constitution of India de jure guarantees freedom of expression, de facto there are various certain restrictions on content, with an official view towards "maintaining communal and religious harmony", given the history of communal tension i... |
5300316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris%20Papaioannou | Dimitris Papaioannou | Dimitris Papaioannou (; born 21 June 1964) is a Greek experimental theater stage director, choreographer and visual artist who drew media attention and acclaim with his creative direction of the Opening Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. His varied career spans three decades and has seen him conceive and direct... |
5301008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epifanio%20de%20los%20Santos | Epifanio de los Santos | Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong (April 7, 1871 – April 18, 1928), was a noted Filipino historian, journalist, and civil servant. He was regarded as one of the best Filipino writers and a literary genius. He also entered politics, serving as a member of the Malolos Congre... |
5301203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Cordilleran%20Volcanic%20Province | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province | The Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province (NCVP), formerly known as the Stikine Volcanic Belt, is a geologic province defined by the occurrence of Miocene to Holocene volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest of North America. This belt of volcanoes extends roughly north-northwest from northwestern British Columbia and the A... |
5301306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable%20water%20purification | Portable water purification | Portable water purification devices are self-contained, easily transported units used to purify water from untreated sources (such as rivers, lakes, and wells) for drinking purposes. Their main function is to eliminate pathogens, and often also of suspended solids and some unpalatable or toxic compounds.
These units p... |
5301364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotherapy | Bibliotherapy | Bibliotherapy (also referred to as book therapy, reading therapy, poetry therapy or therapeutic storytelling) is a creative arts therapy that involves storytelling or the reading of specific texts. It uses an individual's relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy. Bibliotherapy ... |
5301416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Radio%201%27s%20Big%20Weekend | BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend | BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (R1BW) (previously known as One Big Weekend, for 2012 as Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, and for 2018 as BBC Music's Biggest Weekend) is a British music festival run by the BBC's radio station. It is held once a year, in a different location within the United Kingdom each time. It was the biggest f... |
5301493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica | Mesoamerica | Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to most of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. As a cultural area, Mesoamerica... |
5302486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Argentines | English Argentines | English Argentines (also known as Anglo-Argentines) are citizens of Argentina or the children of Argentine citizens brought up in Argentina, who can claim ancestry originating in England. The English settlement in Argentina (the arrival of English emigrants), took place in the period after Argentina's independence from... |
5302493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical%20Vacation | Magical Vacation | is a 2001 role-playing video game developed by Brownie Brown and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance only in Japan on December 7, 2001, and was later re-released in the same region in 2006. Japanese singer, model, and actress Mika Nakashima was featured in the television commercials for Magical Vacation. The... |
5302839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%20City%20Metropolitan%20Cathedral | Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral | The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven () is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated on top of the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución (Zócalo) in the historic c... |
5303129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial%20literacy | Financial literacy | Financial literacy is the possession of skills, knowledge, and behaviors that allow an individual to make informed decisions regarding money. Financial literacy, financial education and financial knowledge are used interchangeably. Financially unsophisticated individuals cannot plan financially because of their low fin... |
5303147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%20Our%20Guest | Be Our Guest | "Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Recorded by American actor Jerry Orbach and English actress Angela Lansbury as Lumière and Mrs. Potts, respectively, "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale Broad... |
5303308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Commitments%20%28film%29 | The Commitments (film) | The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Northside of Dublin, the film tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanat... |
5303368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fetterman | John Fetterman | John Karl Fetterman ( ; born August 15, 1969) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2006 to 2019 and as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023. G... |
5303422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20amplifier | Bass amplifier | A bass amplifier (also abbreviated to bass amp) is a musical instrument electronic device that uses electrical power to make lower-pitched instruments such as the bass guitar or double bass loud enough to be heard by the performers and audience. Bass amps typically consist of a preamplifier, tone controls, a power ampl... |
5303744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty%20Murray | Ty Murray | Ty Monroe Murray (born October 11, 1969), is an American nine-time World Champion professional rodeo cowboy. He was one of the top rodeo contestants in the world from the late 1980s to early 2000s. He is one of the co-founders and a board adviser of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR). From 2005 to 2020, he was also a r... |
5303771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20halfpenny | History of the halfpenny | The British halfpenny coin was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700-year history it was made from silver, but as the value of silver increased the coin was made from base metals. It was finally abandoned in 1969 as part of the process of decimalising the British currency. "Halfpenny", colloquially wri... |
5305374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeronga%20Memorial%20Park | Yeronga Memorial Park | Yeronga Memorial Park is a heritage-listed park at Ipswich Road, Yeronga, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The park has an area of and is one of the oldest in Brisbane, having been established in 1882, and has been a World War I memorial since 1917. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 Decembe... |
5305430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Beaumont | Andrea Beaumont | Andrea Beaumont, also known as the Phantasm, is a fictional DC Entertainment supervillain and antiheroine created by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, and designed by Bruce Timm. Beaumont first appeared as the main antagonist in the 1993 DC Animated Universe (DCAU) film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, where she was established... |
5305475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Zafar | Ali Zafar | Ali Zafar (; born 18 May 1980) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, model, producer, screenwriter and painter. He started out on Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician, later also established a career in Bollywood and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Hindi films. He has receiv... |
5305861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World%20War%20II%20Sherman%20tanks | Post–World War II Sherman tanks | This article deals with Sherman tanks extensive use around the world after World War II and catalogues foreign post–World War II use and conversions of Sherman tanks and variants based on the Sherman chassis.
Variant history
US Sherman tanks as foreign military aid
E4/E6 Shermans – Two of what would become the last... |
5306718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwai%20Chang%20Caine | Kwai Chang Caine | Kwai Chang Caine () is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC 1972–1975 action-adventure western television series Kung Fu. He has been portrayed by David Carradine as an adult Caine, Keith Carradine as a younger Caine, Radames Pera as the child Caine, and Stephen Manley as the youngest Caine.
In late 19... |
5307518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Day%20After%20Tomorrow%20%28TV%20special%29 | The Day After Tomorrow (TV special) | The Day After Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two series of Space: 1999. Written by Johnny Byrne and directed by Charles Crichton, it stars Brian Blessed, Joanna Dunham, Nick Tate, Katharine Levy and... |
5307935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse%20stick | Lacrosse stick | A lacrosse stick or crosse is used to play the sport of lacrosse. Players use the lacrosse stick to handle the ball and to strike or "check" opposing players' sticks, causing them to drop the ball. The head of a lacrosse stick is roughly triangular in shape and is strung with loose netting that allows the ball to be ca... |
5308091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Roques%20Archipelago | Los Roques Archipelago | The Los Roques Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de Los Roques) is a federal dependency of Venezuela consisting of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets in a total area of 40.61 square kilometers. The archipelago is located directly north of the port of La Guaira, in the Caribbean Sea.
The islands' pristine co... |
5308122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20East%20Timorese%20crisis | 2006 East Timorese crisis | The 2006 East Timorese crisis began as a conflict between elements of the military of East Timor over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili. The crisis prompted a military intervention by several other countries and led... |
5308894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20%28mathematics%29 | Space (mathematics) | In mathematics, a space is a set (sometimes called a universe) with some added structure.
While modern mathematics uses many types of spaces, such as Euclidean spaces, linear spaces, topological spaces, Hilbert spaces, or probability spaces, it does not define the notion of "space" itself.
A space consists of selected... |
5309210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20thalassemia | Beta thalassemia | Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders. They are forms of thalassemia caused by reduced or absent synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin that result in variable outcomes ranging from severe anemia to clinically asymptomatic individuals. Global annual incidence is estimated at on... |
5310052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Troyes | Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes | The Diocese of Troyes (Latin: Dioecesis Trecensis; French: Diocèse de Troyes) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Troyes, France. The diocese now comprises the département of Aube. Erected in the 4th century, the diocese is currently a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical... |
5310082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Limoges | Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges | The Diocese of Limoges (Latin: Dioecesis Lemovicensis; French: Diocèse de Limoges) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the départments of Haute-Vienne and Creuse. After the Concordat of 1801, the See of Limoges lost twenty-four parishes from the district of Nontron which we... |
5310412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Sharp%20%28mountaineer%29 | David Sharp (mountaineer) | David Sharp (15 February 1972 – 15 May 2006) was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mount Everest. His death caused controversy and debate because he was passed by a number of other climbers heading to and returning from the summit as he was dying, although a number of others tried to help him.
Sharp h... |
5310807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Super%2014%20season | 2007 Super 14 season | The 2007 Super 14 season started in February 2007 with preseason matches held from mid-January. It finished on 19 May with the final at Kings Park Stadium in Durban, in the first final between two South African teams in the history of Super Rugby. The visiting Bulls won the 2007 Super 14 Final, scoring a try in the 83r... |
5311222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge%20Racer%20%281993%20video%20game%29 | Ridge Racer (1993 video game) | is a 1993 racing video game developed and published by Namco. It was released initially on the Namco System 22 arcade system board and ported to the PlayStation console in 1994. It is the first title in the Ridge Racer series released for arcades and home consoles.
Development took eight months, and the game is based ... |
5311281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1945 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1945 in the United Kingdom. This year sees the end of World War II and a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party.
Incumbents
Monarch – George VI
Prime Minister - Winston Churchill (Coalition) (until 26 July), Clement Attlee (Labour) (starting 26 July)
Parliament
37th (until 15 ... |
5311413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR%20JA%20class | NZR JA class | {{DISPLAYTITLE:NZR JA class}}
The NZR JA class was a class of fifty-one 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). The locomotives were built in two batches; the first batch was constructed in-home at the Hillside Workshops at Dunedin between 1946 and 1956, while the second batch wa... |
5311782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud%20Jaballah | Mahmoud Jaballah | Mahmoud Es-Sayyid Jaballah () is an Egyptian who has been detained in Canada without charge on a "security certificate" since August 2001 due to his association with members of al-Jihad. He has consistently asserted that he does not believe in violence, and just because he phones or visits people, does not mean that h... |
5311825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtitle%20B%20of%20Title%20III%20of%20the%20Patriot%20Act | Subtitle B of Title III of the Patriot Act | The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by the United States Congress in 2001 as a response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. It has ten titles, with the third title ("Title III: International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001") written to prevent, detect, and prosecute international money l... |
5311833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keurig%20Dr%20Pepper | Keurig Dr Pepper | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1981–2014) and Keurig Green Mountain (2014–2018), is a publicly traded American beverage and coffeemaker conglomerate with headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts and Frisco, Texas. Formed in July 2018, with the merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pe... |
5311898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit | Congregation of the Holy Spirit | The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (officially the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary; ) is a male religious congregation of the Catholic Church. Members are often known as Holy Ghost Fathers or, in continental Europe and the Anglosphere, as Spiritans, and m... |
5311969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dragon%20Can%27t%20Dance | The Dragon Can't Dance | The Dragon Can't Dance (1979) is a novel by Trinidadian author Earl Lovelace, his third to be published. Set in Port of Spain, the novel centres on the life of Aldrick Prospect, a man who spends the entire year recreating his dragon costume for Carnival. Aldrick's interactions with other people who live in his neighbou... |
5312074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctani%20Yoshitsugu | Ōtani Yoshitsugu | was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title Junior Assistant Minister of Justice or . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtomo Sōrin or Rokkaku Yoshikata. He became one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's followers. He pa... |
5312349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20Wtewael | Joachim Wtewael | Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael (; also known as Uytewael ) (1566 – 1 August 1638) was a Dutch Mannerist painter and draughtsman, as well as a highly successful flax merchant, and town councillor of Utrecht. Wtewael was one of the leading Dutch exponents of Northern Mannerism, and his distinctive and attractive style rem... |
5312468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Douillet | David Douillet | David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet (; born 17 February 1969) is a French politician and retired judoka.
Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at and weighing , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and Sydney. He also gained four world titles and one Europe... |
5312536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Wilson%20%28musician%29 | Alan Wilson (musician) | Alan Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970), nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group live and on recordings. Wilson was the lead singer fo... |
5312657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys%20Research%20Institute | Tethys Research Institute | The Tethys Research Institute (official name: Istituto Tethys ONLUS) is a non-profit research organisation founded in 1986 to support marine conservation through science and public awareness and by participating in the international conservation process. Tethys' activities are mainly carried out in the Mediterranean Se... |
5313183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel%20Select | Marvel Select | Marvel Select is a line of action figures from the Marvel Universe and Marvel Cinematic Universe manufactured by Diamond Select Toys.
Diamond Select uses the "Select" label for other brands, including Universal Monsters, Star Trek and The Munsters, to indicate the 1:10 scale and comes in similar packaging.
Figures ar... |
5313207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Dragonriders%20of%20Pern%20characters | List of Dragonriders of Pern characters | Characters in the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey.
8th Interval, 9th Pass
Major characters
AIVAS
AIVAS is an advanced computer (Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System). AIVAS was found by Jaxom, Jancis, and Piemur while they were excavating the city called Landing, the o... |
5313397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthanayagam%20Pillai | Maruthanayagam Pillai | Muhammad Yusuf Khan (born Maruthanayagam Pillai) was a commandant of the British East India Company's Madras Army. He was born in a Tamil Vellalar caste family in a village called Panaiyur in British India, what is now in Nainarkoil Taluk, Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu, India. He converted to Islam and was na... |
5313443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace%20Attorney | Ace Attorney | Ace Attorney is a visual novel adventure video games franchise developed by Capcom. With storytelling fashioned after legal dramas, the first entry in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, was released in 2001; since then, five further main series games, as well as various spin-offs, prequels and high-definition re... |
5313606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20miniature%20wargames | List of miniature wargames | Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia. The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.). The games may reflect historical situations and arm... |
5314641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Wearstler | Kelly Wearstler | Kelly Wearstler (; born November 21, 1967) is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (or KWID) in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, commercial, retail and hospitality spaces. Her designs for the Viceroy hotel cha... |
5314740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial%20Moon | Imperial Moon | Imperial Moon is a BBC Books original novel written by Christopher Bulis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Turlough, and Kamelion.
Synopsis
While returning to 20th-century Earth, the TARDIS passes through its own temporal wake from a journ... |
5314986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Windass | Dean Windass | Dean Windass (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played spells at Bradford City and contributed to his hometown team Hull City's promotion to the Premier League in 2008.
Windass started his footballing career as a trainee at his hometown club, Hull City, and sig... |
5315120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mayors%20of%20Florence | List of mayors of Florence | The Mayor of Florence is an elected politician who, along with Florence's City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Florence. The title is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.
The office of Gonfaloniere was created in 1781 by Leopold II, Grand Duke... |
5315193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne%20wind%20energy | Airborne wind energy | Airborne wind energy (AWE) is the direct use or generation of wind energy by the use of aerodynamic or aerostatic lift devices. AWE technology is able to harvest high altitude winds, in contrast to wind turbines, which use a rotor mounted on a tower.
The term high-altitude wind power (HAWP) has been used to refer to A... |
5315263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primatial%20Cathedral%20of%20Bogot%C3%A1 | Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá | The Metropolitan and Primate Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Peter of Bogotá or better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Bogotá and Primate of Colombia, officially Sacred Holy Temple Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica and Primate of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Saint Peter,... |
5315297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%20Herzog | Buck Herzog | Charles Lincoln "Buck" Herzog (July 9, 1885 – September 4, 1953) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for four National League clubs between 1908 and 1920: the New York Giants, the Boston Braves, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago Cubs. His flexibility sets him apart from other ma... |
5315782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton%20Air%20Force%20Base | Norton Air Force Base | Norton Air Force Base (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force facility east of downtown San Bernardino in San Bernardino County, California.
Overview
For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of military aircraft, equipment and suppli... |
5316350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay%20box | Delay box | "Delay Box" is a common slang term used in drag racing to describe an on-board timer which is a Transmission Brake Delay Timer. A transbrake forces the race car to remain stationary at the starting line, in gear, regardless of how much engine power is applied. When the visual signal is given to start the race, the dri... |
5316585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Excel%20Saga%20characters | List of Excel Saga characters | This list contains the primary and notable secondary characters of Excel Saga, a Japanese manga and anime series.
Creation
The Excel Saga anime characters were designed by Ishino Satoshi.
ACROSS
Excel
, the title character, was initially the sole officer of ACROSS. Excel approaches her work with an excess of dete... |
5316624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20Scotland%2C%202002 | List of Statutory Instruments of Scotland, 2002 | This is a complete list of Scottish Statutory Instruments in 2002.
1-100
BSE Monitoring (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/1)
Environmental Impact Assessment (Uncultivated Land and Semi-Natural Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/6)
Act of Sederunt (Amendment of Ordinary Cause Rules and... |
5316728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20associated%20with%20the%20University%20of%20London | List of people associated with the University of London | The following people spent time at the University of London as either teaching staff or students. In 2015 there were a total of around 2 million University of London alumni across the world.
Until year 2008, all colleges within the federal collegiate system, solely awarded University of London degree. From 2003 onward... |
5316944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambroughton | Lambroughton | Lambroughton is a village in the old Barony of Kilmaurs, Scotland. This is a rural area famous for its milk and cheese production and the Ayrshire or Dunlop breed of cattle.
Although Kilmaurs is in the council area of East Ayrshire, Lambroughton is now in fact in North Ayrshire, part of a narrow finger of land include... |
5317064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s%20theory%20of%20human%20nature | Marx's theory of human nature | Some Marxists posit what they deem to be Karl Marx's theory of human nature, which they accord an important place in his critique of capitalism, his conception of communism, and his materialist conception of history. Marx does not refer to human nature as such, but to Gattungswesen, which is generally translated as "sp... |
5318087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Tich | Little Tich | Harry Relph (21 July 186710 February 1928), professionally known as Little Tich, was a English music hall comedian and dancer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was best known for his acrobatic and comedic "Big-Boot Dance", which he performed in Europe and for which he wore boots with soles long. Aside... |
5318218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blue%20Bird%20%28fairy%20tale%29 | The Blue Bird (fairy tale) | "The Blue Bird" (French: L’oiseau bleu) is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy, published in 1697. An English translation was included in The Green Fairy Book, 1892, collected by Andrew Lang.
The tale is Aarne–Thompson type 432, The Prince as Bird. Others of this type include "The Feather of Finist the Fa... |
5318527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20Greek%20cuisine | Ancient Greek cuisine | Ancient Greek cuisine was characterized by its frugality for most, reflecting agricultural hardship, but a great diversity of ingredients was known, and wealthy Greeks were known to celebrate with elaborate meals and feasts.
The cuisine was founded on the "Mediterranean triad" of cereals, olives, and grapes, which had... |
5318741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-libertarianism | Right-libertarianism | Right-libertarianism, also known as libertarian capitalism, right-wing libertarianism, or colloquially as libright is a libertarian political philosophy that supports capitalist property rights and defends market distribution of natural resources and private property. The term right-libertarianism is used to distinguis... |
5319068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%2015%20postal%20covers%20incident | Apollo 15 postal covers incident | The Apollo 15 postal covers incident, a 1972 NASA scandal, involved the astronauts of Apollo 15, who carried about 400 unauthorized postal covers into space and to the Moon's surface on the Lunar Module Falcon. Some of the envelopes were sold at high prices by West German stamp dealer Hermann Sieger, and are known as "... |
5319073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Continent%20Airlines | Mid-Continent Airlines | Mid-Continent Airlines was an airline which operated in the central United States from the 1930s until 1952 when it was acquired by and merged with Braniff International Airways. Mid-Continent Airlines was originally founded as a flight school at Rickenbacker Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, during 1928, by Arthur Hanford... |
5319686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cup%20of%20Life | The Cup of Life | "The Cup of Life" (Spanish: "La Copa de la Vida") is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his fourth studio album, Vuelve (1998). Martin created the song after FIFA requested of him an anthem. The song was written by Luis Gómez Escolar, Desmond Child, and Draco Rosa, while the production was handled ... |
5320017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toorak%20College%2C%20Mount%20Eliza | Toorak College, Mount Eliza | Toorak College is an independent, inter-denominational, boarding and day school for girls in grades 5–12 and for boys and girls from pre-school through grade four. The school is located on the Mornington Peninsula, above Port Phillip Bay in Mount Eliza, a town approximately forty kilometres south of Melbourne, Victoria... |
5320110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvrtko%20II%20of%20Bosnia | Tvrtko II of Bosnia | Stephen Tvrtko II (; died in November 1443), also known as Tvrtko Tvrtković (), was a member of the House of Kotromanić who reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 and again from 1420 to his death.
Tvrtko II was the son of King Tvrtko I. His reigns took place during a very turbulent part of Bosnian history. He wa... |
5320128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Ladakh | Geography of Ladakh | Ladakh is an administrative territory of India that has been under its control since 1947. The geographical region of Ladakh union territory is the highest altitude plateau region in India (much of it being over 3,000 m), incorporating parts of the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River and v... |
5320385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Ambae%20language | East Ambae language | East Ambae (also known as Omba, Oba, Aoba, Walurigi, Lolovoli, Northeast Aoba, and Northeast Ambae) is an Oceanic language spoken on Ambae, Vanuatu. The data in this article will concern itself with the Lolovoli dialect of the North-East Ambae language.
Phonology
North-East Ambae distinguishes 5 vowels and 16 consona... |
5320550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship%20in%20China | Censorship in China | Censorship in the People's Republic of China is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of the strictest censorship regimes in the world. The government censors content for mainly political reasons, such as curtailing political opposition, and censoring events unfavorable to the... |
5320979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha%20massacre | Haditha massacre | The Haditha massacre (also called the Haditha killings or the Haditha incident) was a series of killings on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States Marines killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians. The killings occurred in Haditha, a city in Iraq's western province of Al Anbar. Among the dead were men, women, eld... |
5321267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Macau | Foreign relations of Macau | Under the Basic Law, Macau's diplomatic relations and defence are the responsibility of the central government of China. Except diplomatic relations and defence, nonetheless, Macau has retained considerable autonomy in all aspects, including economic and commercial relations, customs control.
As a separate customs ter... |
5321396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20honorifics | Korean honorifics | The Korean language has a system of honorifics that recognizes and reflects the hierarchical social status of participants with respect to the subject and/or the object and/or the audience. Speakers use honorifics to indicate their social relationship with the addressee and/or subject of the conversation, concerning th... |
5321649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9pertoire%20International%20de%20Litt%C3%A9rature%20Musicale | Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale | Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (International Repertory of Music Literature; Internationales Repertorium der Musikliteratur), commonly known by its acronym RILM, is a nonprofit organization that offers digital collections and advanced tools for locating research on all topics related to music. Its mis... |
5321681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20George%27s%20Fields | King George's Fields | A King George's Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V (1865–1936).
In 1936, after the king's death, Sir Percy Vincent, the then-Lord Mayor of London, formed a committee to determine a memorial that was not solely based on the idea of a statue. They arrived the sam... |
5321956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th/6th%20Battalion%2C%20Royal%20Victoria%20Regiment | 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment | The 5th/6th Battalion ("5/6 RVR") is one of two battalions of the Royal Victoria Regiment, and is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. The battalion traces its lineage back to many units that existed prior to Federation, as well as units that fought during World War I and World War II and the battalion carries... |
5322109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog%20Hoggidy%20Hog | Hog Hoggidy Hog | Hog Hoggidy Hog was a band from Cape Town, South Africa. The band blended a mixture of punk, ska and many other influences, including traditional African music to create an original sound, sometimes referred to as Porkrock. The band was active within the South African music scene from 1995 to 2015. They toured the Euro... |
5322144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Landell%20de%20Moura | Roberto Landell de Moura | Father Roberto Landell de Moura (January 21, 1861 – June 30, 1928), commonly known as Roberto Landell, was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and inventor. He is best known for his work developing long-distance audio transmissions, using a variety of technologies, including an improved megaphone device, photophone (usin... |
5322383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20House%20characters | List of House characters | This page is a comprehensive list and description of the various characters who appear, from time to time, in the television series House. The list is divided episode-wise, as well as character-wise, and includes recurring characters, such as Rachel Taub, and Dominika, as well as characters who appear in only a few epi... |
5322450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom%20of%20limitation%20of%20size | Axiom of limitation of size | In set theory, the axiom of limitation of size was proposed by John von Neumann in his 1925 axiom system for sets and classes. It formalizes the limitation of size principle, which avoids the paradoxes encountered in earlier formulations of set theory by recognizing that some classes are too big to be sets. Von Neumann... |
5322451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saina%20Nehwal | Saina Nehwal | Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the on... |
5322828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27Day | B'Day | B'Day is the second studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on September 1, 2006, by Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment and Sony Urban Music.
Originally set to be released in 2004, B'Day was planned as a follow-up to Beyoncé's solo debut Dangerously in Love (2003); however, it was delayed to ... |
5322868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20Melbourne%20people | List of University of Melbourne people | This is a list of University of Melbourne people, including alumni and staff.
Alumni
Academia
Sir John Behan, educator; Australia's first Rhodes Scholar
Geoff Bowker, professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine
Alec Broers, Baron Broers, electrical engineer, former Vice Chancellor of the Univer... |
5323081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintons | Mintons | Mintons was a major company in Staffordshire pottery, "Europe's leading ceramic factory during the Victorian era", an independent business from 1793 to 1968. It was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, decorative techniques, and "a glorious pot-pourri of styles - Rococo shapes w... |
5323646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten%20Flipkens | Kirsten Flipkens | Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian former professional tennis player and coach. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 Tournoi de Québec, as well as seven doubles titles. She ... |
5323700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20cruiser%20Azuma | Japanese cruiser Azuma | (sometimes transliterated (archaically) as Adzuma) was an armored cruiser (Sōkō jun'yōkan) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the ship was built in France. She participated in most of the naval battles of the Russo-Japane... |
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