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5544662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnim%20Zola | Arnim Zola | Arnim Zola is a supervillain appearing in American comic books by Marvel Comics. He is a master of biochemistry and a recurring enemy of Captain America and the Avengers. The character first appeared in Captain America and the Falcon #208 (April 1977), and was created by writer/artist Jack Kirby. When he was first intr... |
5544827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending%20cholangitis | Ascending cholangitis | Ascending cholangitis, also known as acute cholangitis or simply cholangitis, is inflammation of the bile duct, usually caused by bacteria ascending from its junction with the duodenum (first part of the small intestine). It tends to occur if the bile duct is already partially obstructed by gallstones.
Cholangitis can... |
5545161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29 | Wong (Marvel Comics) | Wong is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the sidekick and valet of Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. Wong first appeared in the comic Strange Tales #110 (July 1963) but was unnamed until Strange Tales #119. In the 2006 miniseries Dr. Strange: the Oat... |
5545693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20London | Transport in London | London has an extensive and developed transport network which includes both public and private services. Journeys made by public transport systems account for 37% of London's journeys while private services accounted for 36% of journeys, walking 24% and cycling 2%. London's public transport network serves as the centra... |
5545724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClanDestine | ClanDestine | The ClanDestine (also known simply as ClanDestine) is an appellation used to refer to the Destines, a fictional secret family of long-lived superhuman beings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They were created in 1994 by British writer/artist Alan Davis, and appear in various comic book seri... |
5546322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa%20Isabella%20of%20Spain | María Isabella of Spain | Maria Isabella of Spain (María Isabel de Borbón y Borbón-Parma; 6 July 1789 – 13 September 1848) was Queen of the Two Sicilies from 4 January 1825 until 8 November 1830 as the wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies.
Infanta of Spain
She was the youngest daughter of King Carlos IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Pa... |
5546893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV%20Century%2021 | TV Century 21 | TV Century 21, later renamed TV21, TV21 and Tornado, TV21 and Joe 90, and TV21 again, was a weekly British children's comic published by City Magazines during the latter half of the 1960s. Originally produced in partnership with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Century 21 Productions, it promoted the company's many science-... |
5547077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonello%20d%27Este%2C%20Marquis%20of%20Ferrara | Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara | Leonello d'Este (also spelled Lionello; 21 September 1407 – 1 October 1450) was Marquess of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450. Despite the presence of legitimate children, Leonello was favoured by his father as his successor. In addition, his virtuous qualities, high level of education, and popularit... |
5547766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Film%20Festival | Austin Film Festival | Austin Film Festival (AFF), founded in 1994, is an organization in Austin, Texas, that focuses on writers' creative contributions to film. Initially, AFF was called the Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and functioned to launch the careers of screenwriters, who historically have been underrepresented within... |
5548043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickery%20Meadow%2C%20Dallas | Vickery Meadow, Dallas | Vickery is an ethnically-diverse neighborhood consisting almost exclusively of apartment complexes in Northeast Dallas, Texas, United States. The Midtown Improvement District states the neighborhood is bounded by Northwest Highway, Royal Lane, Central Expressway, and Abrams. The City of Dallas Office of Economic Devel... |
5548053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20best%20practices | Coding best practices | Coding best practices or programming best practices are a set of informal rules (best practices) that many software developers in computer programming follow to improve software quality.
Many computer programs remain in use for long periods of time, so any rules need to facilitate both initial development and subsequen... |
5548349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss%20Avenue%20Historic%20District | Swiss Avenue Historic District | The Swiss Avenue Historic District is a residential neighborhood in East Dallas, Dallas, Texas (USA). It consists of installations of the Munger Place addition, one of East Dallas' early subdivisions. The Swiss Avenue Historic District is a historic district of the city of Dallas, Texas. The boundaries of the district ... |
5548477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Bonds | Margaret Bonds | Margaret Allison Bonds ( – ) was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher. One of the first Black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her popular arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.
Li... |
5549014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedir%20Bohatyrchuk | Fedir Bohatyrchuk | Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk (also Bogatirchuk, Bohatirchuk, Bogatyrtschuk) (; , Fyodor Parfenyevich Bogatyrchuk; 27 November 1892 – 4 September 1984) was a Ukrainian-Canadian chess player, doctor of medicine (radiologist), political activist, and writer.
Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet chess
Early chess, trained by C... |
5549065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney%20Todd%3A%20The%20Demon%20Barber%20of%20Fleet%20Street%20%282007%20film%29 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John Logan, based on the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, which in turn is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The film retells the melodrama... |
5549397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9rgio%20Assad | Sérgio Assad | Sérgio Assad (born 26 December 1952) is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother, Odair in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as the Assad Brothers or Duo Assad. Their younger sister Badi is also a guitarist. Assad is the father of composer/singer/pianis... |
5549981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical%20heraldry | Ecclesiastical heraldry | Ecclesiastical heraldry refers to the use of heraldry within Christianity for dioceses, organisations and Christian clergy. Initially used to mark documents, ecclesiastical heraldry evolved as a system for identifying people and dioceses. It is most formalized within the Catholic Church, where most bishops, including t... |
5550232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Comfrey%E2%80%93St.%20Peter%20tornado%20outbreak | 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak | The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota an... |
5550318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiolania | Meiolania | Meiolania is an extinct genus of meiolaniid stem-turtle native to Australasia throughout much of the Cenozoic. Meiolania was a large turtle, with the shell alone ranging from in length. Four species are currently recognized, although the validity of two of them is disputed. Meiolania was first described as a species o... |
5550368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel%20aspect%20ratio | Pixel aspect ratio | A Pixel aspect ratio (often abbreviated PAR) is a mathematical ratio that describes how the width of a pixel in a digital image compared to the height of that pixel.
Most digital imaging systems display an image as a grid of tiny, square pixels. However, some imaging systems, especially those that must be compatible w... |
5550374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit%20combination | Suit combination | In the card game contract bridge, a suit combination is a specific subset of the cards of one suit held respectively in declarer's and dummy's hands at the onset of play. While the ranks of the remaining cards held by the defenders can be deduced precisely, their location is unknown. Optimum suit combination play allow... |
5550608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20Code%20of%20Russia | Criminal Code of Russia | The Russian Criminal Code () is the prime source of the Law of the Russian Federation concerning criminal offences. The 1996 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (UGKRF) came into force on 1 January 1997. The new Criminal Code replaced the Soviet analogue of 1960. The main changes deal with economic crimes and prope... |
5550654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation%20in%20Russia | Taxation in Russia | The Russian Tax Code () is the primary tax law for the Russian Federation. The Code was created, adopted and implemented in three stages.
The first part, enacted July 31, 1998, also referred to as the General Part, regulates relationships among taxpayers, tax agents, tax-collecting authorities and legislators, tax aud... |
5551009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMA%20connector | NEMA connector | NEMA connectors are power plugs and receptacles used for AC mains electricity in North America and other countries that use the standards set by the US National Electrical Manufacturers Association. NEMA wiring devices are made in current ratings from 15 to 60 amperes (A), with voltage ratings from 125 to 600 volts (V... |
5551355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%20Racing%20%28NASCAR%20team%29 | Phoenix Racing (NASCAR team) | Phoenix Racing is a motorsports team that currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East fielding the No. 1 Toyota Camry and various Super Late Model events fielding the No. 51 Chevrolet SS for Jake Finch. Owned by Florida businessman James Finch, the team fielded NASCAR entries across the top three serie... |
5551651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK%20Partizan | KK Partizan | Košarkaški klub Partizan
(, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as Partizan or Partizan Belgrade in English-speaking media, and for sponsorship reasons as Partizan Mozzart Bet, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan.... |
5551770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelations%20of%20Divine%20Love | Revelations of Divine Love | Revelations of Divine Love is a medieval book of Christian mystical devotions. It was written between the 14th and 15th centuries by Julian of Norwich, about whom almost nothing is known. It is the earliest surviving example of a book in the English language known to have been written by a woman. It is also the earlies... |
5552435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20DC%20class%20locomotive | New Zealand DC class locomotive | The New Zealand DC class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric mainline locomotive on the New Zealand rail network, operated by KiwiRail on freight trains, and formerly on long-distance passenger trains. The class was rebuilt from the DA class in the late 1970s and early 1980s, mainly in Australia. After the DA class... |
5552455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20DX%20class%20locomotive | New Zealand DX class locomotive | The New Zealand DX class locomotive is a type of 49 Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives that currently operate on New Zealand's national railway network. All locomotives are owned by KiwiRail.
Built by GE Transportation in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, they were introduced to New Zealand between 1972 and 1976. The ... |
5553121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20translations%20of%20the%2012th%20century | Latin translations of the 12th century | Latin translations of the 12th century were spurred by a major search by European scholars for new learning unavailable in western Europe at the time; their search led them to areas of southern Europe, particularly in central Spain and Sicily, which recently had come under Christian rule following their reconquest in t... |
5553131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20bid%20for%20the%202016%20Summer%20Olympics | Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics | The Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was an unsuccessful bid, first recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007. The IOC shortlisted four of the seven applicant cities—Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Chicago, United States; over Baku, Az... |
5553546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%20School%20of%20Translators | Toledo School of Translators | The Toledo School of Translators () is the group of scholars who worked together in the city of Toledo during the 12th and 13th centuries, to translate many of the Islamic philosophy and scientific works from Classical Arabic into Medieval Latin.
The School went through two distinct periods separated by a transitional... |
5553741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Foster | Craig Foster | Craig Andrew Foster (born 1969), nicknamed Fozzy or Fozz, is an Australian retired soccer player, human rights activist and sports analyst for the Stan streaming service in Australia. Foster played soccer professionally from 1988 to 2003, including for the national team, the Socceroos, from 1996 to 2000, and was chief... |
5553778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Log%20from%20the%20Sea%20of%20Cortez | The Log from the Sea of Cortez | The Log from the Sea of Cortez is an English-language book written by American author John Steinbeck and published in 1951. It details a six-week (March 11 – April 20) marine specimen-collecting boat expedition he made in 1940 at various sites in the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), with his friend... |
5553868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian%20War%20of%20Independence | Peruvian War of Independence | The Peruvian War of Independence () was a series of military conflicts in Peru from 1809 to 1826 that resulted in the country's independence from the Spanish Empire. Part of the broader Spanish American wars of independence, it led to the dissolution of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.
Discontent in Peru increased dur... |
5554114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Quartermaine | Emily Quartermaine | Emily Quartermaine is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital. The role was originated on January 20, 1995 by Amber Tamblyn, who portrayed the role until July 11, 2001. Natalia Livingston subsequently played Emily from April 1, 2003 until May 7, 2008, despite the character's death in November 200... |
5554833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1925 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1925 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 3rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1925. It was the last of the three races spanning 1923 to 1925 to determine the winner of the Rudge-Whitworth Triennial Cup, as well the second race of the inaugural Biennial Cup.
Regulations
The Automobile Club de l'Oue... |
5555202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20transmission%20fluid | Automatic transmission fluid | Automatic transmission fluid (ATF) is a type of hydraulic fluid used in vehicles with automatic transmissions. It is typically coloured red or green to distinguish it from motor oil and other fluids in the vehicle.
The fluid is optimized for the special requirements of a transmission, such as valve operation, brake ba... |
5556196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime%20prevention | Crime prevention | Crime prevention is the attempt to reduce and deter crime and criminals. It is applied specifically to efforts made by governments to reduce crime, enforce the law, and maintain criminal justice.
Studies
Criminologists, commissions, and research bodies such as the World Health Organization, United Nations, the United ... |
5556351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20National%20College%20for%20the%20Blind | Royal National College for the Blind | The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a co-educational specialist residential college of further education based in the English city of Hereford. Students who attend the college are aged 16 to 25 and blind or partially sighted. They can study a wide range of qualifications at RNC, from academic subjects suc... |
5556716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian%20numbers | Romanian numbers | Romanian numbers are the system of number names used in Romanian to express counts, quantities, ranks in ordered sets, fractions, multiplication, and other information related to numbers.
In Romanian grammar, the words expressing numbers are sometimes considered a separate part of speech, called (plural: ), along wit... |
5557193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20public%20administration%20schools | List of public administration schools | This is an incomplete list of public administration and public policy schools, colleges and faculties; divided by country.
International
European Institute of Public Administration
Monterey Institute of International Studies at Middlebury College
Higher Institute For Professional Development And Training (HIPDET)
SADA... |
5557364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport%20in%20New%20South%20Wales | Sport in New South Wales | Sport in New South Wales describes participation in and attendance at organised sports events in the state of New South Wales in Australia. Sport forms an integral part of the culture of the state.
New South Wales has attracted many international multi-sport events including the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney. T... |
5557633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Holder | Christopher Holder | Christopher Holder (1631–1688), was an early Quaker evangelist who was imprisoned and whipped, had an ear cut off, and was threatened with death for his religious activism in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and in England. A native of Gloucestershire, near Bristol in western England, Holder became an early convert to the... |
5557694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialadenitis | Sialadenitis | Sialadenitis (sialoadenitis) is inflammation of salivary glands, usually the major ones, the most common being the parotid gland, followed by submandibular and sublingual glands. It should not be confused with sialadenosis (sialosis) which is a non-inflammatory enlargement of the major salivary glands.
Sialadenitis ca... |
5557796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravidassia | Ravidassia | Ravidassia or the Ravidas Panth is a religion based on the teachings of Guru Ravidas. It was considered a sect within Sikhism until 2009. The Sikh gurus and the Guru Granth Sahib are considered reverential, but not central figures in the religion.
Historically, Ravidassia represented a range of beliefs in the Indian s... |
5558075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20philosophers%20%28I%E2%80%93Q%29 | List of philosophers (I–Q) | Philosophers (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:
Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
I
Iamblichus ()
Yahya ibn Adi (893–974)
Ibn Arabi (1164–1240)
Ibn ar-Rawandi (827–911)
Ibn Ba... |
5558520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk%20allergy | Milk allergy | Milk allergy is an adverse immune reaction to one or more proteins in cow's milk. Symptoms may take hours to days to manifest, with symptoms including atopic dermatitis, inflammation of the esophagus, enteropathy involving the small intestine and proctocolitis involving the rectum and colon. However, rapid anaphylaxis ... |
5558903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikaris | Ikaris | Ikaris is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in The Eternals #1 (July 1976) and was created by Jack Kirby. The character is depicted as a member of a race known as the Eternals.
Richard Madden played Ikaris in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting i... |
5559010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery%20Johnson | Avery Johnson | Avery DeWitt Johnson (born March 25, 1965) is an American basketball television commentator and former player and coach who most recently served as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team. He is currently an NBA and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports.
Johnson spent 16 years in the National ... |
5559192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultigen | Cultigen | A cultigen () or cultivated plant is a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans. Cultigens result from artificial selection. These plants have commercial value in horticulture, agriculture or forestry. Because cultigens are defined by their mode of origin and not by where they grow, plants meeting... |
5559292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Unicorn | The Last Unicorn | The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, by Viking Press in the U.S. and The Bodley Head in the U.K. It follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the other unicorns. I... |
5559359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/205%20series | 205 series | The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type introduced in 1985 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and inherited by JR East and JR West after the privatization two years later. It is currently operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), West Japan Railway Company (JR West), Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu)... |
5559770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20New%20Mexico | History of New Mexico | The history of New Mexico is based on archaeological evidence, attesting to the varying cultures of humans occupying the area of New Mexico since approximately 9200 BCE, and written records. The earliest peoples had migrated from northern areas of North America after leaving Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge. Artifact... |
5559871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears%20of%20the%20Black%20Tiger | Tears of the Black Tiger | Tears of the Black Tiger (, or Fa Thalai Chon, literally, "the heavens strike the thief") is a 2000 Thai action-adventure film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. The story of a tragic romance between Dum, a fatalistic, working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a pro... |
5560235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Asturian | Galician-Asturian | Galician–Asturian or Eonavian (autonym: ; ; ) is a set of Romance dialects or falas whose linguistic dominion extends into the zone of Asturias between the Eo River and Navia River (or more specifically the Eo and the Frejulfe River). The dialects have been variously classified as the northeastern varieties of Galician... |
5561141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20Station%20%28Ogden%2C%20Utah%29 | Union Station (Ogden, Utah) | Union Station, also known as Ogden Union Station, is a train station in Ogden, Utah, United States, at the west end of Historic 25th Street, just south of the Ogden Central Station (previously known as the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center). Formerly the junction of the Union Pacific(UP) and Central Pacific (CP) railroad... |
5561698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted%3A%20Drake%27s%20Fortune | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the first game in the Uncharted series and was released in November 2007 for PlayStation 3. The game follows Nathan Drake, the supposed descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he ... |
5561794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Driver | The Driver | The Driver is a 1978 American crime thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. O'Neal is the getaway driver for robberies whose exceptional talent has prevented him being caught. The Detective (Dern) promises pardons to a gang if they help catch him in a se... |
5561853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel%20Bar-Jonah | Nathaniel Bar-Jonah | Nathaniel Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah (born David Paul Brown; February 15, 1957 – April 13, 2008) was an American convicted child molester and suspected cannibalistic serial killer who was sentenced to 130 years in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of the kidnapping, aggravated assault, and sex... |
5561910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television%20and%20mass%20media%20in%20Vietnam | Television and mass media in Vietnam | Television in Vietnam began to appear in the mid-1960s in Saigon (in the former Republic of Vietnam), with the appearance of Saigon Television Station. In 1970, in the North, Voice of Vietnam broadcast the first test television program. In the late 1970s, color television was introduced and broadcast experimentally. To... |
5562184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20former%20municipalities%20of%20Finland | List of former municipalities of Finland | This is a list of the former municipalities of Finland.
Contents: A B C D E
F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U
V W X Y Z Ä Ö
A
Ahlainen (Vittisbofjärd) – became part of Pori in 1972
Aitolahti (Aitolax) – became part of Tampere in 1966
Akaa (Ackas) – was divided in 1946 between Toijala, Kylmäkoski, Sääksmäki and Viia... |
5562191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%81VAG | MÁVAG | MÁVAG (Magyar Királyi Állami Vas-, Acél- és Gépgyárak; Hungarian Royal State Iron, Steel and Machine Factories) was the largest Hungarian rail vehicle producer. MÁVAG company was the second largest industrial enterprise after the Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works in the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy... |
5562684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan%20le%20Fay%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29 | Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics) | Morgan le Fay is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely, is based on the Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend. In this version of the character, Morgan le Fay belongs to the species of humanoid magical beings called fairies, who are b... |
5562851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raycom%20Sports | Raycom Sports | Raycom Sports is a Charlotte, North Carolina–based producer of sports television programs owned by Gray Television.
It was founded in 1979 by husband and wife, Rick and Dee Ray. In the 1980s, Raycom Sports established a prominent joint venture with Jefferson-Pilot Communications which made them partners on the main At... |
5563147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Saddle%20Club%20%28books%29 | The Saddle Club (books) | The Saddle Club is a series of intermediate children's books published by Bantam Books between 1988 and 2001. The series was created by a publishing house using the contract writing services of self-professed equestrian novice Bonnie Bryant. Many titles were also written by ghostwriters. Spin-offs include four other ... |
5563451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20in%20Leeds | Music in Leeds | The Music in Leeds ecompasses a variety of styles and genres, including rock, pop and electronic. While groups like Soft Cell, the Kaiser Chiefs, the Wedding Present, Utah Saints and the Bridewell Taxis have gained success in the mainstream, Gang of Four, the Sisters of Mercy, Chumbawamba and the Mission have helped to... |
5563949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape%20the%20Fate | Escape the Fate | Escape the Fate is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004. Originally from Pahrump, Nevada, the group currently consists of lead vocalist Craig Mabbitt, guitarists Matti Hoffman and TJ Bell, bassist Erik Jensen and drummer Robert Ortiz. Ortiz is the only founding member remaining in the band.
The... |
5564050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloneustes | Peloneustes | Peloneustes (meaning ) is a genus of pliosaurid plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Its remains are known from the Peterborough Member of the Oxford Clay Formation, which is Callovian in age. It was originally described as a species of Plesiosaurus by palaeontologist Harry Govier Seeley in 1869, before bein... |
5564124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDeljko%20Obradovi%C4%87 | Željko Obradović | Želimir "Željko" Obradović (, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague.
Widely regarded as the greatest coach in European basketball history and outside t... |
5564149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20L%20Word%20characters | List of The L Word characters | This list of The L Word characters is sorted by last name (where possible), and includes both major and minor characters from the American drama The L Word.
A
Felicity Adams: Lesbian, portrayed by Latarsha Rose. Generation Q
Ex-wife of Tyler Adams.
Had an affair with Bette Porter while she was married to Tyler and ... |
5564313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20Brand | Civil Brand | Civil Brand is a 2002 thriller drama film written by Preston A. Whitmore II and Joyce Renee Lewis, and directed by Neema Barnette. It stars LisaRaye McCoy, N'Bushe Wright, Da Brat, Mos Def, and Monica Calhoun. The film is about a group of female inmates fighting back against their abusers and taking over Whitehead Corr... |
5564392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD%20Gundam%20Musha%20Banch%C5%8D%20F%C5%ABunroku | SD Gundam Musha Banchō Fūunroku | is a short-lived SD Gundam manga series, a spin-off from the popular Gundam anime. It is authored by Masato Ichishiki and ran in Comic Bom Bom. The Bancho in the title is Japanese slang for student delinquents
Story
The series appears to be a sequel to the earlier SD Gundam Musha Maruden. Official relations were form... |
5564486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw%20%28simple%20machine%29 | Screw (simple machine) | A screw is a mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force. It is one of the six classical simple machines. The most common form consists of a cylindrical shaft with helical grooves or ridges called threads around the outside. The screw passes through a ho... |
5564817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Herbert%20Wallace | William Herbert Wallace | William Herbert Wallace (29 August 1878 – 26 February 1933) was an Englishman convicted in 1931 of the murder of his wife, Julia, in their home in Wolverton Street in Liverpool's Anfield district. Wallace's conviction was later overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal, the first instance in British legal history wher... |
5565588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20system | Climate system | Earth's climate system is a complex system with five interacting components: the atmosphere (air), the hydrosphere (water), the cryosphere (ice and permafrost), the lithosphere (earth's upper rocky layer) and the biosphere (living things). Climate is the statistical characterization of the climate system, representing ... |
5565608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Valencia%20in%20Spain | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Spain | The Archdiocese of Valencia () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Valencia, with authority over the suffragan dioceses of Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca,... |
5566130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Comedy%20Awards | Canadian Comedy Awards | The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) is an annual ceremony that awards the Beaver for achievements in Canadian comedy in live performance, radio, film, television, and Internet media. The awards were founded and produced by Tim Progosh in 2000.
The CCA have been held in different cities, most often in Toronto and London, ... |
5566666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday%20Night%20Lights%20%28TV%20series%29 | Friday Night Lights (TV series) | Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg and inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger, which was adapted as the 2004 film of the same name by Berg. Executive producers were Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey and Jason Katims who also served as showru... |
5566884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Power%20of%20Love%20%28Jennifer%20Rush%20song%29 | The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song) | "The Power of Love" is a song co-written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush in 1984. It was released as the fifth single from her debut album, Jennifer Rush (1984), and has since been covered by Air Supply, Laura Branigan, and Celine Dion.
Recorded in Frankfurt, Germany (where Rush is ... |
5567580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20DA%20class%20locomotive | New Zealand DA class locomotive | The New Zealand DA class locomotive were a class of diesel-electric mainline locomotives operated on the New Zealand railway system between 1955 and 1989. Consisting of 146 locomotives, it was the most numerous class to ever operate in New Zealand, with five more than the AB class steam locomotive.
The class were A1A-... |
5567596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20in%20World%20War%20I | Canada in World War I | The military history of Canada during World War I
began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany. The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign pol... |
5567795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary%20of%20water%20polo | Glossary of water polo | The following terms are used in water polo. Rules below reflect the latest FINA Water Polo Rules.
0–9
2 meter defense See hole D.
2 meter line The line at each end of the pool crossing 2 meters in front of the goal, designated by a red mark on the edge of the pool. The edge of the playing area from the 2 meter mark to... |
5568000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sex%20and%20the%20City%20characters | List of Sex and the City characters | Sex and the City is an American cable television program based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. It was originally broadcast on the HBO network from 1998 until 2004. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the sex lives of four female best friends, three of whom are in their mid-to-late thirties, and ... |
5568312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20in%20Chicago | Sports in Chicago | Sports in Chicago include many professional sports teams. Chicago is one of eleven U.S. cities to have teams from the five major American professional team sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and soccer). Chicago has been named as the "Best Sports City" by Sporting News three times: 1993, 2006, and 2010.
C... |
5568326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Tong%20%28archer%29 | Zhou Tong (archer) | Zhou Tong ( and 周侗; pinyin: Zhōu Tóng) (died late 1121 CE) was the archery teacher and second military arts tutor of famous Song dynasty general Yue Fei. Originally a local hero from Henan, he was hired to continue Yue Fei's military training in archery after the boy had rapidly mastered spearplay under his first teach... |
5568397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindmarsh%20Island%20bridge%20controversy | Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy | The Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy was a 1990s Australian legal and political controversy that involved the clash of local Aboriginal Australian sacred culture and property rights. A proposed bridge to Hindmarsh Island, near Goolwa, South Australia (intended to replace the existing cable ferry and service a propos... |
5568477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | Freeview (New Zealand) | Freeview is New Zealand's free-to-air television platform. It is operated by a joint venture between the country's major free-to-air broadcasters – government-owned Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand, government-subsidised Whakaata Māori, and the American-owned Warner Bros. Discovery (operators of Three, Brav... |
5569277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Alberta%20general%20election | 2008 Alberta general election | The 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leade... |
5569380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Two-Hearted%20River | Big Two-Hearted River | "Big Two-Hearted River" is a two-part short story written by American author Ernest Hemingway, published in the 1925 Boni & Liveright edition of In Our Time, the first American volume of Hemingway's short stories. It features a single protagonist, Hemingway's recurrent autobiographical character Nick Adams, whose spe... |
5569723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harness%20racing%20in%20Australia | Harness racing in Australia | Harness racing, also colloquially known as trotting or the trots, is a spectator sport in Australia, with significant amounts of money wagered annually with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). In Australia there are 90 harness racing tracks, which hold over 1,900 meetings annually. There are approximate... |
5570621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon | Akon | Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon (), is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. An influential figure in modern world music, he rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up" (featuring Styles P), ... |
5570800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced%20prostitution | Forced prostitution | Forced prostitution, also known as involuntary prostitution or compulsory prostitution, is prostitution or sexual slavery that takes place as a result of coercion by a third party. The terms "forced prostitution" or "enforced prostitution" appear in international and humanitarian conventions, such as the Rome Statute ... |
5571007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Conte | Antonio Conte | Antonio Conte (; born 31 July 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later became one of the most decorated and influential players in the... |
5571137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra%20Celsum | Contra Celsum | Against Celsus (Greek: Κατὰ Κέλσου, Kata Kelsou; Latin: Contra Celsum), preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writings of Celsus, a pagan philosopher and controversialist who had written a scathing attack on Christian... |
5571161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Air%20Force%20Cadets | Australian Air Force Cadets | The Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC), known as the Air Training Corps (AIRTC) until 2001, is a Federal Government funded youth organisation. The parent force of the AAFC is the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Along with the Australian Army Cadets (AAC) and the Australian Navy Cadets (ANC), it is part of the Austra... |
5571222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine%20Arts%20Quartet | Fine Arts Quartet | The Fine Arts Quartet is a chamber music ensemble founded in Chicago, United States in 1946 by Leonard Sorkin and George Sopkin. The Quartet has recorded over 200 works and has toured internationally for 77 years, making it one of the longest enduring major string quartets.
In its history, the Quartet has had two leade... |
5573318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughborough%20Students%27%20Union | Loughborough Students' Union | Loughborough Students' Union (otherwise known as LSU) is the students' union serving members from Loughborough University, Loughborough College and the RNIB College Loughborough.
The Union is unique amongst British universities, in that its premises are owned by the students themselves. The union building sits in the ... |
5573494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Refugee%20Day | World Refugee Day | World Refugee Day is an international day organised every year on 20 June by the United Nations. It is designed to celebrate and honour refugees from around the world. The day was first established on 20 June 2001, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
The ev... |
5573710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witt%20vector | Witt vector | In mathematics, a Witt vector is an infinite sequence of elements of a commutative ring. Ernst Witt showed how to put a ring structure on the set of Witt vectors, in such a way that the ring of Witt vectors over the finite field of order is isomorphic to , the ring of -adic integers. They have a highly non-intuitive ... |
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