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5465446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie%20Knight | Louie Knight | Louie Knight is the hero in the Aberystwyth Noir novels, a series of cult detective novels written by Malcolm Pryce set in an alternative universe of the Welsh town of Aberystwyth, and centring on Aberystwyth's one private eye Louie Knight. While rich in black humour, and Chandleresque dialogue, the stories contain ser... |
5465798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record%20Plant | Record Plant | The Record Plant is a recording studio established in New York City in 1968 and currently operating in Los Angeles, California. Known for innovations in the recording artists' workspace, it has produced highly influential albums, including Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run, Blondie's Parallel Lines, Metallica's Load and ... |
5466682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Control%203 | Star Control 3 | Star Control 3 is a 1996 action-adventure game developed by Legend Entertainment and published by Accolade. The third installment in the Star Control trilogy, the game was released for MS-DOS in 1996 and Mac OS in 1998. The story takes place after Star Control II, beginning with a disaster that disrupts superluminal tr... |
5467149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating%20%28biology%29 | Cheating (biology) | Cheating is a term used in behavioral ecology and ethology to describe behavior whereby organisms receive a benefit at the cost of other organisms. Cheating is common in many mutualistic and altruistic relationships. A cheater is an individual who does not cooperate (or cooperates less than their fair share) but can po... |
5468113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europasaurus | Europasaurus | Europasaurus is a basal macronarian sauropod, a form of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic (middle Kimmeridgian, about 154 million years ago) of northern Germany, and has been identified as an example of insular dwarfism resulting from the isolation of a sauropod population on an island... |
5468527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20Scotland%2C%202003 | List of Statutory Instruments of Scotland, 2003 | This is a complete list of Scottish Statutory Instruments in 2003.
1-100
Cairngorms National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/1)
Cairngorms National Park Elections (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/2)
Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food... |
5469643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20A%26M%20Aggies | Texas A&M Aggies | The Texas A&M Aggies are the students, graduates, and sports teams of Texas A&M University. The nickname "Aggie" was once common at land-grant or "ag" (agriculture) schools in many states. The teams are also simply referred to as "A&M" or "Texas Aggies," and the official school colors are maroon and white. The mascot i... |
5470103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger%20vehicles%20in%20the%20United%20States | Passenger vehicles in the United States | Since 2009, the United States is home to the second largest passenger vehicle market of any country in the world, second to China. Overall, there were an estimated 263.6 million registered vehicles in the United States in 2015, most of which were passenger vehicles. This number, along with the average age of vehicles, ... |
5470319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%20III%20Tocco | Leonardo III Tocco | Leonardo III Tocco (after 1436 – before August 1503) was the last ruler of the Despotate of Epirus, ruling from the death of his father Carlo II Tocco in 1448 to the despotate's fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1479. Leonardo was one of the last independent Latin rulers in Greece and the last to hold territories on the Gr... |
5471199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins%20of%20a%20Solar%20Empire | Sins of a Solar Empire | Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that incorporates some elements from 4X games; its makers describe it as "RT4X". Players are g... |
5471451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault%20M%C3%A9gane%20RS | Renault Mégane RS | The Renault Mégane Renault Sport (alternatively Renault Mégane RS) is a series of high-performance hatchback models based on the Renault Mégane, produced since 2004 by the high-performance subsidiary company Renault Sport for its parent company Alpine, a subsidiary of Renault. The Mégane RS won awards such as "Best hot... |
5471615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20X-Files%20characters | List of The X-Files characters | The X-Files is an American science fiction television series first broadcast in September 1993 and followed by two feature films: The X-Files and The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The characters defined the overarching mythology of the series. They appeared in a range of episodes across several seasons.
Overview
The fir... |
5471788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%20Jun | Pan Jun | Pan Jun (died 239), courtesy name Chengming, was a minister and military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Originally a minor official serving under the warlords Liu Biao and later Liu Bei in Jing Province, Pan Jun reluctantly switched allegiance to another warlord Sun Quan a... |
5472229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt%20McCoy | Colt McCoy | Daniel "Colt" McCoy (born September 5, 1986) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Texas, where he won several awards and honors as a senior in 2009 and is second all time in games won by an FBS quarterback. McCoy was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of... |
5472856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence%20of%20New%20Zealand | Independence of New Zealand | The independence of New Zealand is a matter of continued academic and social debate. New Zealand has no fixed date of independence from the United Kingdom; instead, political independence came about as a result of New Zealand's evolving constitutional status. The concept of a national "Independence Day" does not exist ... |
5472982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism%20of%20Coca-Cola | Criticism of Coca-Cola | Since its invention by John Stith Pemberton in 1886, criticisms of Coca-Cola as a product, and of the business practices of The Coca-Cola Company have been significant. The Coca-Cola Company is the largest soft drink company in the world, distributing over 500 different products. Since the early 2000s, the criticism of... |
5473337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroconstructivism | Neuroconstructivism | Neuroconstructivism is a theory that states that phylogenetic developmental processes such as gene–gene interaction, gene–environment interaction and, crucially, ontogeny all play a vital role in how the brain progressively sculpts itself and how it gradually becomes specialized over developmental time.
Supporters of ... |
5473637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John/Eleanor%20Rykener | John/Eleanor Rykener | John Rykener, also known as Eleanor, was a 14th-century sex worker arrested in December 1394 for performing a sex act with
John Britby, a man who was a former chaplain of the St Margaret Pattens church, in London's Cheapside while wearing female attire. Although historians tentatively link Rykener to a prisoner of the... |
5473898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20GetBackers%20characters | List of GetBackers characters | The following is a list of fictional characters featured in the manga and anime series GetBackers.
Protagonists
Ban Midou
is one of the main protagonists in GetBackers. His name comes from his mother's surname "Midou" and the "Ban" from Japanese word for . The "ban" can mean "barbarian" or "uncouth/vulgar". This is... |
5474046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalorean%20Catholics | Mangalorean Catholics | Mangalorean Catholics () are an ethno-religious community of Latin Catholics from the Diocese of Mangalore and the erstwhile South Canara area, by the southwestern coast of present-day Karnataka, India.
Contemporary Mangalorean Catholics descend mainly from the New Christians of Portuguese Goa, who migrated to South C... |
5474085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Bureau | Central Bureau | The Central Bureau was one of two Allied signals intelligence (SIGINT) organisations in the South West Pacific area (SWPA) during World War II. Central Bureau was attached to the headquarters of the Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur. The role of the Bureau was to research and decrypt ... |
5474501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kiddy%20Grade%20characters | List of Kiddy Grade characters | This article is a list of characters from the 2002 anime series Kiddy Grade.
Main characters
Éclair
Éclair (Lightning) works for the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs or GOTT for short. While her primary job is to be a receptionist, her job also incorporates being sent on missions as an ES member of the so-... |
5474527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Bureau%20of%20Investigation%20portrayal%20in%20media | Federal Bureau of Investigation portrayal in media | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been a staple of American popular culture since its christening in 1935. That year also marked the beginning of the popular "G-Man" phenomenon that helped establish the Bureau's image, beginning with the aptly titled James Cagney movie, G Men. Although the detective novel a... |
5475353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%20spring%20offensive | 1975 spring offensive | The 1975 spring offensive (), officially known as the general offensive and uprising of spring 1975 (), was the final North Vietnamese campaign in the Vietnam War that led to the capitulation of Republic of Vietnam. After the initial success capturing Phước Long Province, the North Vietnamese leadership increased the s... |
5475423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Ibera | Battle of Ibera | The Battle of Ibera, also known as the Battle of Dertosa, was fought in the spring of 215 BC on the south bank of the Ebro River near the town of Ibera and was part of the Second Punic War. A Roman army, under the command of the brothers Gnaeus and Publius Scipio, defeated a similarly sized Carthaginian army under Hasd... |
5476229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20South%20Africa | Rugby union in South Africa | Rugby union in South Africa is a highly popular team sport, along with cricket and soccer, and is widely played all over the country. The national team is among the strongest in the world and has been ranked in at least the top seven of the World Rugby Rankings since its inception in 2003. The country hosted and won th... |
5476385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharks%20%28Currie%20Cup%29 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | The Sharks (known as the Hollywoodbets Sharks for sponsorship reasons) are a South Africa rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The Sharks are the current representative team of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union and they draw some of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. For most ... |
5476633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren%20Watada | Ehren Watada | Ehren Keoni Watada (born 1978) is a former first lieutenant of the United States Army, best known as the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq. In June 2006, Watada refused to deploy for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom, saying he believed the war to be ill... |
5476946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Incredible%20Hulk%20%28film%29 | The Incredible Hulk (film) | The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It was directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Zak Penn, and stars Edward Norton a... |
5476983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetLife%20Stadium | MetLife Stadium | MetLife Stadium is an open-air multi-purpose stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, 5 mi (8 km) west of New York City. Opened in 2010 to replace Giants Stadium, it serves as the home for the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). At an approximate cos... |
5477390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Beast%20Within%3A%20A%20Gabriel%20Knight%20Mystery | The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery | The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (also known as Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within) is an interactive movie point-and-click adventure game, developed and published by Sierra On-Line for MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Microsoft Windows, and released in 1995. The live-action scenes star the talents of Dean Erickson and... |
5477754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%20Comics%20Absolute%20Edition | DC Comics Absolute Edition | DC Comics Absolute Edition is a series of archival quality printings of graphic novels published by DC Comics and its imprints WildStorm Productions and Vertigo. Each is presented in a hardcover and slipcased edition with cloth bookmark consisting of one or more books which include restored, corrected and recolored ver... |
5478023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Gracie | Roger Gracie | Roger Gracie (born Roger Gracie Gomes; 26 September, 1981) is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist (MMA) and 5th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner and coach.
The son of coral belt Mauricio Gomes and grandson of BJJ founder Carlos Gracie, Roger Gracie is one of jiu-jitsu's most decorated and... |
5478160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLEO%20%28particle%20detector%29 | CLEO (particle detector) | CLEO was a general purpose particle detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR), and the name of the collaboration of physicists who operated the detector. The name CLEO is not an acronym; it is short for Cleopatra and was chosen to go with CESR (pronounced Caesar). CESR was a particle accelerator designed to ... |
5478229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho%20%282006%20TV%20series%29 | Jericho (2006 TV series) | Jericho is an American post-apocalyptic action drama television series, which centers on the residents of the fictional city of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of a nuclear attack on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States. It was produced by CBS Paramount Network Television and Junction Entertainment, with ... |
5478858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandeboye | Clandeboye | Clandeboye or Clannaboy (Irish Clann Aodha Buí, "family of Hugh the Blond") was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, comprising what is now south County Antrim, north County Down, and the barony of Loughinsholin. The entity was relatively late in appearance and is associated partly with the Gaelic resurgence of the High Middle... |
5478931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Bresnan | Tim Bresnan | Timothy Thomas Bresnan (born 28 February 1985) is an English former first-class cricketer, who last played for Warwickshire. He played as a fast-medium bowler who had ability with the bat. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Bresnan won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003... |
5478938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee%20and%20Newtyle%20Railway | Dundee and Newtyle Railway | The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. It was built to carry goods between Dundee and the fertile area known as Strathmore; this involved crossing the Sidlaw Hills, and was accomplished with three rope-worked inclined planes. Newtyle was simply a remote railhea... |
5479102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20Aodhag%C3%A1in | Mac Aodhagáin | Mac Aodhagáin (English: Egan or Keegan), is an Irish Gaelic clan of Brehons who were hereditary lawyers - firstly to the Ó Conchobhair Kings of Connacht, and later to the Burkes of Clanricarde.
The earliest surviving Irish law manuscript, In Senchas Már, was written prior to 1350 at a school (patronised by the Mac Aod... |
5479136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg | Aalborg | Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalborg had a population of 221,082, making it the third ... |
5479338 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20AFL%20season | 1991 AFL season | The 1991 AFL season was the 95th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), which was known previously as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season ran from 22 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs, an increase from... |
5479856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional%20justice | Transitional justice | Transitional justice is a process which responds to massive human rights violations through judicial redress, political reforms in a region or country, and other measures in order to prevent the recurrence of human rights abuse. Transitional justice consists of judicial and non-judicial measures implemented in order to... |
5479976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel%20Park%20High%20School | Bethel Park High School | Bethel Park High School, also called BPHS, is a four-year, comprehensive high school located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, with an enrollment of 1,391 students in grades 9–12 for the 2018–2019 school year. Its curriculum includes ten Advanced Placement Program courses, 14 honors courses and four foreign language progra... |
5480146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram%20Manukian | Aram Manukian | Aram Manukian (19 March 187929 January 1919), was an Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) party. He is widely regarded as the founder of the First Republic of Armenia.
Born and educated in Russian (Eastern) Armenia, he was mostly active in Va... |
5480364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island%20of%20Lost%20Souls%20%281932%20film%29 | Island of Lost Souls (1932 film) | Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American science fiction horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton. Produced and distributed by Paramount Productions, it is based on H. G. Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, and stars Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, and Kathleen Burke. Island of Lost Souls is about Edward Parke... |
5480431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otago%20Rugby%20Football%20Union | Otago Rugby Football Union | The Otago Rugby Football Union is the official governing body of rugby union for the Otago region of New Zealand. The union is based in the city of Dunedin, and its home ground is Forsyth Barr Stadium. The top representative team competes in the ITM Cup, New Zealand's top provincial competition. The union was to have b... |
5480616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehouse%2C%20South%20Lanarkshire | Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire | Stonehouse is a rural village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on Avon Water in an area of natural beauty and historical interest, near to the Clyde Valley. It is on the A71 trunk road between Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, near the towns of Hamilton, Larkhall and Strathaven. The population of Stonehouse is around 7,50... |
5481439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2023 | New York State Route 23 | New York State Route 23 (NY 23) is an east–west state highway in the eastern portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 26 in the Central New York town of Cincinnatus in Cortland County to the Massachusetts state line in the Berkshire Mountains, where it continues east as tha... |
5481447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B11 | C++11 | C++11 is a version of the ISO/IEC 14882 standard for the C++ programming language. C++11 replaced the prior version of the C++ standard, called C++03, and was later replaced by C++14. The name follows the tradition of naming language versions by the publication year of the specification, though it was formerly named C+... |
5482342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20S.%20Rosenberg | Aaron S. Rosenberg | Aaron S. Rosenberg (born October 13, 1969) is an American novelist, short story writer, children's books author, and game designer.
Biography
Rosenberg has written novels for franchises including Star Trek, StarCraft, Warcraft, Exalted, Stargate Atlantis, Shadowrun, Mutants & Masterminds, and Warhammer. He also write... |
5482619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montclair%20Kimberley%20Academy | Montclair Kimberley Academy | Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA) is a co-educational private school for students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade located in Montclair in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. One of New Jersey's largest independent day schools, Montclair Kimberley Academy celebrated the 125th anniversary of the est... |
5482732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Interesting%20Narrative%20of%20the%20Life%20of%20Olaudah%20Equiano | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789 in London, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The narrative is argued to represent a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel narrative, and spiritual narrative. The book describes Equia... |
5482797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Oklahoma | Government of Oklahoma | The government of the U.S. State of Oklahoma, established by the Oklahoma Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the federal government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances... |
5482854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar%21 | Spacewar! | Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell in collaboration with Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others. It was written for the newly installed DEC PDP-1 minicomputer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After its initial creation, Spacewar! was expa... |
5482977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardasil | Gardasil | Gardasil is an HPV vaccine for use in the prevention of certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV). It was developed by Merck & Co. High-risk human papilloma virus (hr-HPV) genital infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection among women. The HPV strains that Gardasil protects against are sexually tra... |
5483103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichstadt%20%28Berlin%29 | Friedrichstadt (Berlin) | Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.
Geography
Friedrichstadt is located south of the Dorotheenstadt neighbourhood, and southwest of the historical suburb of Friedrichswerder. It is ... |
5485042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%20Canal%20expansion%20project | Panama Canal expansion project | The Panama Canal expansion project (), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks allowing larger ships to pass. The new ships, called New Panamax, a... |
5485656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspaper%20comic%20strips%20G%E2%80%93O | List of newspaper comic strips G–O | Parent article: List of comic strips; Siblings: A–F • G–O • P–Z
G
Gags and Gals (1932–1938) by Jefferson Machamer (US)
The Gambols (1950– ) by Barry Appleby and Dobs Appleby (UK)
Gantz Glances by Dave Gantz (US)
Garfield (1978– ) by Jim Davis (US)
Garth (1943–1997) originally by Steve Dowling, and later Frank Bellamy... |
5486225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%20prevention | Fall prevention | Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals, such as the elderly (idiopathic) and people with neurological (Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, stroke survivors, Guillain-Barre, traumatic brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injury) or orthope... |
5486482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Hockey%20League%20rules | National Hockey League rules | The National Hockey League rules are the rules governing the play of the National Hockey League (NHL), a professional ice hockey organization. Infractions of the rules, such as offside and icing, lead to a stoppage of play and subsequent to the offending teams. The league also determines the specifications for playing ... |
5487988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20National%20League%20Championship%20Series | 1985 National League Championship Series | The 1985 National League Championship Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from October 9–16. It was the 17th NLCS and the first played under the new best-of-seven format. In previous years, the NLCS had been settled by a best-of-five format. This series is best known for Ozzie Smi... |
5488304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality | Homosexuality | Homosexuality is a sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exclusively to people of the same sex or gender. It "also refers to a person's sense ... |
5489301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing%20Diva | Dancing Diva | Dancing Diva () is the eighth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on May 12, 2006, by EMI and Mars. Produced by Adia, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, Paula Ma, Yuri Chan, and Stanley Huang, its musical style is mainly based on pop and electronic music, the slick dance songs with dazzling dance moves also ... |
5489671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Bank%20of%20Armenia | Central Bank of Armenia | The Central Bank of Armenia () is the central bank of Armenia with its headquarters in Yerevan. The CBA is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and keeping the government's currency reserves. The CBA is also the sole own... |
5490216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%20reform%20in%20Scotland | Land reform in Scotland | Land reform in Scotland is the ongoing process by which the ownership of land, its distribution and the law which governs it is modified, reformed and modernised by property and regulatory law.
Land ownership in Scotland
Scotland's land issues are rooted in two processes that happened in the 18th and 19th centuries, ... |
5490240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi%20Delica | Mitsubishi Delica | The is a range of vans and pickup trucks designed and built by the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors since 1968. It was originally based on a cabover van and pickup truck introduced the previous year, also called the Delica, its name a contraction of the English language phrase Delivery car. This pickup truck, and ... |
5490392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Nagorno-Karabakh | History of Nagorno-Karabakh | Nagorno-Karabakh is located in the southern part of the Lesser Caucasus range, at the eastern edge of the Armenian Highlands, encompassing the highland part of the wider geographical region known as Karabakh. Under Russian and Soviet rule, the region came to be known as Nagorno-Karabakh, meaning "Mountainous Karabakh" ... |
5490731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th%20%28London%29%20Infantry%20Division | 47th (London) Infantry Division | The 47th (London) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed during the Second World War and remained in the United Kingdom until the end of the war. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Germany as a significant military power and its occupation of Czechoslovakia, the British Arm... |
5490754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ordeal%20of%20Gilbert%20Pinfold | The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold | The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in July 1957. It is Waugh's penultimate full-length work of fiction, which the author called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in ... |
5491145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspaper%20comic%20strips%20A%E2%80%93F | List of newspaper comic strips A–F | Parent article: List of comic strips; Siblings: A–F • G–O • P–Z
0–9
2 Cows and a Chicken (2008–2011) by Steve Skelton (US)
The 5th Wave (1981– ) by Rich Tennant (US)
9 Chickweed Lane (1993– ) by Brooke McEldowney (US)
9 to 5 (1990– ) by Harley Schwadron (US)
(1959–1972) by Paul Gillon, (France)
91:an (1932– ) ... |
5491206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFU%20Mutual | NFU Mutual | NFU Mutual is a UK insurance composite. It is a mutual, therefore, its policyholder members own the business, and the executives and directors are ultimately accountable to them. The full name of the organisation is National Farmers' Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited.
The business is authorised and regulated by t... |
5492268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego-dystonic%20sexual%20orientation | Ego-dystonic sexual orientation | Ego-dystonic sexual orientation is a highly controversial mental health diagnosis that was included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) from 1980 to 1987 (under the name ego-dystonic homosexuality) and in the World Health Organization's (WHO) Internation... |
5492831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Yahoo%21 | History of Yahoo! | Yahoo! started at Stanford University. It was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, who were Electrical Engineering graduate students when they created a website named "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web". The Guide was a directory of other websites, organized in a hierarchy, as opposed to a ... |
5493186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20in%20poetry | 2005 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK. The British e... |
5493230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Bennett%20%28fighter%29 | Charles Bennett (fighter) | Charles Daniel Bennett (born November 23, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the featherweight division. He is also a bare-knuckle boxer who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).
Characterized by his unpredictable and explosive fighting style and persona, Benne... |
5493346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Lytle | Chris Lytle | Chris Scott Lytle (born August 18, 1974) is an American retired mixed martial artist and boxer. A professional from 1999 until 2011 and twenty-fight veteran of the UFC, Lytle also fought in Pancrase, Cage Rage, and the WEC. He held the inaugural Cage Rage World Welterweight Championship and was a finalist on The Ultima... |
5493639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20in%20poetry | 2004 in poetry | This article presents lists of historical events related to the writing of poetry during 2004. The historical context of events related to the writing of poetry in 2004 are addressed in articles such as History of Poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for insta... |
5493647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20in%20poetry | 2003 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
January 29 – Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full-time, becomes chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, the ... |
5493688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20in%20poetry | 2002 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
March 16 — Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrest and jail poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and dismiss a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem "The Corrupt on Earth" which crit... |
5493693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20in%20poetry | 2001 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Immediately after the September 11 attacks in the United States, W. H. Auden's "September 1, 1939" was read (with many lines omitted) on National Public Radio and widely circulated and disc... |
5493695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit%20%28association%20football%29 | Kit (association football) | In association football, kit (also referred to as a strip or uniform) is the standard equipment and attire worn by players. The sport's rules specify the minimum kit which a player must use, and also prohibit the use of anything that is dangerous to either the player or another participant. Individual competitions may ... |
5493813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20in%20poetry | 2006 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
January – The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Cultural Foundation, founded by the Kyoto, Japan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opens the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Hall of Fame, dedicated to the antholo... |
5495487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%27s%20armor | Iron Man's armor | Iron Man's armor is a fictional powered exoskeleton appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is built and worn by billionaire Tony Stark when he assumes the identity of the superhero Iron Man. The first armor was created in-story by Stark and Ho Yinsen, and was designed by artist Jack Kirby, fir... |
5496119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire | Constitution of the Ottoman Empire | The Constitution of the Ottoman Empire (; ) was the first and only constitution of the Ottoman Empire. Written by members of the Young Ottomans, particularly Midhat Pasha, during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (), the constitution was in effect from 1876 to 1878 in a period known as the First Constitutional Era, an... |
5496377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen%20Fairies | Fallen Fairies | Fallen Fairies; or, The Wicked World, is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Edward German. The story is an operatic adaptation of Gilbert's 1873 blank-verse fairy comedy, The Wicked World. In Fairyland, the fairies are curious about wicked mortals, especially their strange capacity for... |
5496489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480th%20Intelligence%2C%20Surveillance%20and%20Reconnaissance%20Wing | 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing | The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (480th ISR Wing) is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
Mission
The 480th ISR Wing leads Air Force globally networked ISR operations. The wing operates and maintains the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), also known as the AN/... |
5496495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th-century%20history%20of%20Kosovo | 20th-century history of Kosovo | Kosovo during the 20th century history has largely been characterised by wars and major population displacements. The region formed a part of numerous entities, some internationally recognised, others not.
The onset of the 20th century
At the turn of the century, Kosovo lay entirely within the Ottoman Empire. Its stat... |
5497456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic%20resolution | Kinetic resolution | In organic chemistry, kinetic resolution is a means of differentiating two enantiomers in a racemic mixture. In kinetic resolution, two enantiomers react with different reaction rates in a chemical reaction with a chiral catalyst or reagent, resulting in an enantioenriched sample of the less reactive enantiomer. As op... |
5497504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal%20thermal%20energy%20storage | Seasonal thermal energy storage | Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES), also known as inter-seasonal thermal energy storage,
is the storage of heat or cold for periods of up to several months. The thermal energy can be collected whenever it is available and be used whenever needed, such as in the opposing season. For example, heat from solar collecto... |
5497621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Wurzach | Bad Wurzach | Bad Wurzach (until 1950 Wurzach) is a small spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is a well known health-resort destination, and home to the oldest bog spa (in German: Moorheilbad) in Baden-Württemberg, as well as one of the largest contiguous raised bog areas in Europe. It is situated nor... |
5497650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal.%20The%20Man | Portugal. The Man | Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School.
The group... |
5497767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%20people | Laz people | The Laz people, or Lazi ( Lazi; , lazi; or ჭანი, ch'ani; ), are a Caucasian ethnic group native to the South Caucasus, who mainly live in Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia. They traditionally speak the Laz language (which is a member of the Kartvelian language family) but have experienced a rapid language... |
5497789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechtolsheim | Bechtolsheim | Bechtolsheim (Literally Bechtol's Home) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey.
Geography
Location
The municipality ... |
5498670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20dividers%20and%20directional%20couplers | Power dividers and directional couplers | Power dividers (also power splitters and, when used in reverse, power combiners) and directional couplers are passive devices used mostly in the field of radio technology. They couple a defined amount of the electromagnetic power in a transmission line to a port enabling the signal to be used in another circuit. An es... |
5498856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clio%20Renault%20Sport | Clio Renault Sport | The Clio Renault Sport (or Clio RS for short) is a hot hatch produced by Renault Sport since 1998, the high-performance division of French automaker, Renault. It is based on the Clio supermini.
The engine and layout has remained relatively unchanged throughout most generations of the vehicle; a naturally aspirated 2.... |
5499006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Guetterman | Lee Guetterman | Arthur Lee Guetterman (born November 22, 1958), nicknamed "Goot," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played from to for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). A southpaw used primarily in the major leagues as a relief pitcher... |
5499792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th%20Division%20%28Australia%29 | 5th Division (Australia) | The 5th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army which served during the First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February 1916 as part of the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force infantry brigades. In addition to the existing 8th Brigade were added the new 14th and 15th Brigades, ... |
5499911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsez%20language | Tsez language | Tsez, also known as Dido (Tsez: () or ()), is a Northeast Caucasian language with about 15,000 speakers (15,354 in 2002) spoken by the Tsez, a Muslim people in the mountainous Tsunta District of southwestern Dagestan in Russia. The name is said to derive from the Tsez word for "eagle", but this is most likely a folk ... |
5499947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer%20EMB%20312%20Tucano | Embraer EMB 312 Tucano | The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano (English: Toucan) is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer with counter-insurgency capability that was developed in Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force sponsored the EMB-312 project at the end of 1978. Design and development work began in 1979 on a low-cost, relatively simple n... |
5500311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi%20ships | Nemi ships | The Nemi ships were two ships, of different sizes, built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD on Lake Nemi. Although the purpose of the ships is speculated upon, the larger ship was an elaborate floating palace, which contained quantities of marble, mosaic floors, heating and plumbing, an... |
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