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5673170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft%20in%20esports | StarCraft in esports | The real time strategy (RTS) computer game StarCraft had an active professional competition circuit, particularly in South Korea. The two major game channels in South Korea, Ongamenet and MBCGame, each ran a Starleague (Ongamenet Starleague, MBCgame Starleague), viewed by millions of fans.
Starting in about 2003, pro-... |
5673538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarius | Nassarius | Nassarius, common name nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK), is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae. They are scavengers.
Etymology
The name is derived from the Latin word "nassa", meaning a wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish. Nassarius... |
5673645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%282007%29 | SummerSlam (2007) | The 2007 SummerSlam was the 20th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on August 26, 2007, at the Continental Airlines Arena in East ... |
5673717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%282006%29 | SummerSlam (2006) | The 2006 SummerSlam was the 19th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on August 20, 2006, at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Mass... |
5673768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease%20Sherman%20tanks | Lend-Lease Sherman tanks | The United States provided tens of thousands of its Medium Tank M4, also named the Sherman, to many of its Allies during the Second World War, under the terms of Lend-Lease.
International distribution
This chart shows Lend-Lease shipments to major recipients through 1 September 1945; subsequent transfers between coun... |
5674312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Jones%20University%20v.%20Simon | Bob Jones University v. Simon | Bob Jones University v. Simon, 416 U.S. 725 (1974), is a decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that Bob Jones University, which had its 501(c)(3) status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service for practicing "racially discriminatory admissions policies" towards African-Americans, could not sue... |
5674547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh%20exodus%20from%20Xinjiang | Kazakh exodus from Xinjiang | There were two Kazakh exoduses from Xinjiang. The first occurred in the 1930s and 1940s as Kazakhs fled from the Soviet Union into Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet and British India. The second came in waves during the 1950s and 1960s after the victory of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang.
In 1936, after Sheng Sh... |
5675003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM%20Satellite%20Radio%20channel%20history | XM Satellite Radio channel history | This is a list of former channels on XM Satellite Radio, in addition to information on format changes of existing channels. Also included is information on temporary channels and seasonal channels.
Before the Sirius and XM channel lineup merger
These actions took place before 2008-11-12, the merger of the Sirius and X... |
5675209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Somalia%20%281991%E2%80%932006%29 | History of Somalia (1991–2006) | Between the fall of Siad Barre's government in January 1991 and the establishment of the Transitional National Government in 2006 (succeeded by the Transitional Federal Government), there was no central government in Somalia. Large areas of the country such as Puntland and Galmudug were internationally unrecognized and... |
5676092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%281990%29 | SummerSlam (1990) | The 1990 SummerSlam was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 27, 1990, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The card consisted of 10 televised matches, including two main events. The Ultimate Wa... |
5676324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Bulgarian%20wars | Byzantine–Bulgarian wars | The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and Bulgaria which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan peninsula after 680 AD. The Byzantine and First Bulgarian Empire continued to clash over the next century with variable success, until the Bulgarians, led ... |
5676590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Sport | Seven Sport | Seven Sport is the brand and production department under which all sporting events on the Seven Network are broadcast. It broadcasts some of Australia's most prominent sporting events, such as the AFL, cricket, the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as horse racing and motor racing.
In late September 2019, it was annou... |
5676624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%281992%29 | SummerSlam (1992) | The 1992 SummerSlam was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on Saturday, August 29, 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England and aired on tape delay on Monday, August 31, 1992. It was the first major WWF ... |
5676675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%281998%29 | SummerSlam (1998) | The 1998 SummerSlam (marketed as SummerSlam: Highway to Hell) was the 11th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 30, 1998, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Eleven matches were contested at ... |
5676692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%20%282008%20film%29 | Iron Man (2008 film) | Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, a... |
5676694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%282000%29 | SummerSlam (2000) | The 2000 SummerSlam was the 13th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 27, 2000, at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ten matches were contested at the event.
The main eve... |
5676721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam%20%282003%29 | SummerSlam (2003) | The 2003 SummerSlam was the 16th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
Sev... |
5676885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel%20in%20the%20United%20States | Biofuel in the United States | The United States produces mainly biodiesel and ethanol fuel, which uses corn as the main feedstock. The US is the world's largest producer of ethanol, having produced nearly 16 billion gallons in 2017 alone. The United States, together with Brazil accounted for 85 percent of all ethanol production, with total world pr... |
5676904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%20conferences | Macy conferences | The Macy conferences were a set of meetings of scholars from various academic disciplines held in New York under the direction of Frank Fremont-Smith at the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation starting in 1941 and ending in 1960. The explicit aim of the conferences was to promote meaningful communication across scientific disci... |
5677107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20Chancellor | Katherine Chancellor | Katherine Chancellor is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Jeanne Cooper. Created and introduced by show creator William J. Bell in November 1973, Cooper's Katherine was introduced in an effort to increase the show's struggling ratings. When Bell's plan proved... |
5677253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruka%3A%20Beyond%20the%20Stream%20of%20Time%20%28manga%29 | Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time (manga) | is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Tohko Mizuno who also worked on the video game of the same name, which was developed by Ruby Party and published by Koei. The manga was serialized in LaLa DX magazine from July 1999 to January 2010, and published by Hakusensha in 17 volumes. An English version was licensed by... |
5677606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda%20Copper | Anaconda Copper | The Anaconda Copper Mining Company, known as the Amalgamated Copper Company from 1899 to 1915, was an American mining company headquartered in Butte, Montana. It was one of the largest trusts of the early 20th century and one of the largest mining companies in the world for much of the 20th century.
Marcus Daly bought... |
5677932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/130th%20Infantry%20Brigade%20%28United%20Kingdom%29 | 130th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) | The 130th (Devon & Cornwall) Brigade, originally the Plymouth Brigade was an infantry formation of Britain's Volunteer Force, Territorial Force, and later Territorial Army (TA). In the First World War the brigade was in British India for most of the war and did not see service as a complete formation, but many of its b... |
5678514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadent%20movement | Decadent movement | The Decadent movement (Fr. décadence, "decay") was a late-19th-century artistic and literary movement, centered in Western Europe, that followed an aesthetic ideology of excess and artificiality.
The Decadent movement first flourished in France and then spread throughout Europe and to the United States. The movement w... |
5679119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Trump%20Jr. | Donald Trump Jr. | Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American businessman, former television presenter, political activist, and author. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump.
Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of The Trump Organization, running the company alongside ... |
5679416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20American%20culture | Latin American culture | Latin American culture is the formal or informal expression of the people of Latin America and includes both high culture (literature and high art) and popular culture (music, folk art, and dance), as well as religion and other customary practices. These are generally of Western origin, but have various degrees of Nati... |
5679842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles%20Simon | Gilles Simon | Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
Personal life
Gilles Simon was born in Nice but grew up in Fontenay-sous-B... |
5680082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez%20Hilton | Perez Hilton | Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. (born March 23, 1978), known professionally as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger, columnist, and media personality. His blog is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities, and for posting tabloid photos over which he has added his own captions or "doodles". His blog has garn... |
5680382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Lewis%20%E2%80%93%20Lowery%20lobbying%20firm%20controversy | Jerry Lewis – Lowery lobbying firm controversy | The Jerry Lewis – Lowery lobbying firm controversy stems from the relationship between Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) and a lobbying firm, known as Copeland Lowery Jacquez Denton & White, where good friend and former U.S. Congressman Bill Lowery was a partner from 1993 to 2006.
The basic allegations are that Lewis, by... |
5681455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas%20Emilio%20Delgado | Matías Emilio Delgado | Matías Emilio Delgado (born 15 December 1982) is a retired Argentine footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Swiss Super League Club FC Basel.
Club career
Chacarita Juniors
Delgado worked his way through the youth ranks of River Plate before making a professional debut with Chacarita Juniors at the... |
5681823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s%20Cross%20of%20the%20Iron%20Cross | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
The Knight's Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadersh... |
5681990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie%20Pepper | Reggie Pepper | Reginald "Reggie" Pepper is a fictional character who appears in seven short stories by English author P. G. Wodehouse. Reggie is a young man-about-town who gets drawn into trouble trying to help his pals. He is considered to be an early prototype for Bertie Wooster, who, along with his valet Jeeves, is one of Wodehous... |
5682210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene%20parrot | Mascarene parrot | The Mascarene parrot or mascarin (Mascarinus mascarinus) is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. The taxonomic relationships of this species have been subject to debate; it has historically been grouped with either the Psittaculini parrots or the ... |
5682765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio%20Pochettino | Mauricio Pochettino | Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero (born 2 March 1972) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.
Pochettino played as a centre back and began his career in 1989 with Primera División club Newell's Old Boys, winning a league title and finishi... |
5682790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misthi%2C%20Cappadocia | Misthi, Cappadocia | Misthi or Misti ( or ), was a Greek city in the region of Cappadocia, which is in modern-day Turkey. It was situated 82 kilometres southwest of the regional capital,Caesarea (Greek: Καισαρεία), now known as Kayseri, Turkey. Administratively, it was a part of the nearby city of Niğde, ssituated 26 kilometres north-north... |
5682918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Transport%20Auxiliary | Air Transport Auxiliary | The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organisation set up at the start of the Second World War with headquarters at White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire. The ATA ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, maintenance units (MU... |
5683850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian%20Prisoners%27%20Document | Palestinian Prisoners' Document | The Prisoners' Document, officially the National Conciliation Document of the Prisoners was written in May 2006 by Palestinian prisoners, who were being held in an Israeli jail. The five prisoners who took part in writing the Document were respectively affiliated with Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for ... |
5684160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20F.%20James | Benjamin F. James | Benjamin Franklin James (August 1, 1885 – January 26, 1961) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1949 to 1959. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delawar... |
5684236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20Wallace%20Chadwick | E. Wallace Chadwick | E. Wallace Chadwick (January 17, 1884 – August 18, 1969) was an American politician from Indiana who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1947 to 1949.
E. Wallace Chadwick was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and moved with his parents to Ches... |
5684685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20in%20the%20Catholic%20Church | Mass in the Catholic Church | The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ. As defined by the Church at the Council of Trent, in the Mass "the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross, is pr... |
5684829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundland | Poundland | Poundland is a British variety store chain founded in 1990. It once sold most items at the single price of £1, including clearance items and proprietary brands. The first pilot store opened in December 1990 following numerous rejections by landlords who had reservations about allowing a single-price store to operate, f... |
5684979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Santos%20Atahualpa | Juan Santos Atahualpa | Juan Santos Atahualpa Apu-Inca Huayna Capac (c. 1710 – c. 1756) was the messianic leader of a successful indigenous rebellion in the Amazon Basin and Andean foothills against the Viceroyalty of Peru in the Spanish Empire. The rebellion began in 1742 in the Gran Pajonal among the Asháninka people. The indigenous people ... |
5685017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior%20of%20nuclear%20fuel%20during%20a%20reactor%20accident | Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident | This page describes how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions, such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so has often been performed on a collaborative basis between groups of countries, usually under ... |
5685651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Vermeer | Kenneth Vermeer | Kenneth Harold Vermeer (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle.
A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Vermeer has played for Jong Ajax, Willem II on loan, and the Ajax first team, with which he won four consecutive national titles from 2010 to 2... |
5685741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley%20Pond%20Park | Alley Pond Park | Alley Pond Park is the second-largest public park in Queens, New York City, occupying . The park is bordered to the east by Douglaston, to the west by Bayside, to the north by Little Neck Bay, and to the south by Union Turnpike. The Cross Island Parkway travels north-south through the park, while the Long Island Expres... |
5685770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectaurs | Sectaurs | Sectaurs: Warriors of Symbion was a line of action figures released by Coleco in 1985. Created by Lawrence Mass, Tim Clarke, and Maureen Trotto, the Sectaurs world blended humanoids with insects and arachnids. Marvel Comics released a limited series of Sectaurs comics, and the characters were also adapted for an animat... |
5685823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumanji%20%28TV%20series%29 | Jumanji (TV series) | Jumanji (also known as Jumanji: The Animated Series) is an American animated television series based on the 1995 film which in turn is based on the 1981 children's picture book of the same name. The series ran for three seasons from September 8, 1996 to March 11, 1999. In 1996, it was carried by the UPN Kids block on U... |
5686076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20feminism | Christian feminism | Christian feminism is a school of Christian theology which uses the viewpoint of a Christian to promote and understand morally, socially, and spiritually the equality of men and women. Christian theologists argue that contributions by women and acknowledging women's value are necessary for a complete understanding of C... |
5686348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santino%20Marella | Santino Marella | Anthony 'Tony' Carelli (born March 14, 1974), better known by the ring name, Santino Marella, is a Canadian professional wrestler and judoka. He is currently signed with Impact Wrestling. He is best known for his 11-year tenure with WWE. He is the founder of and instructor at Battle Arts Academy, a martial arts and pr... |
5686382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmaker | Playmaker | In association football, a playmaker is someone who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively playing passing moves which lead to goals, through their vision, technique, ball control, creativity and passing ability.
In English football, the term overlaps somewhat with ... |
5686387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Newman | Victor Newman | Victor Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He has been portrayed by Eric Braeden since 1980. Initially a guest character who was to last for eight to twelve weeks, Victor has evolved into the soap opera's leading male figure. Created by William J. Bell as a "desp... |
5687361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan%20War%20%28205%E2%80%93200%20BC%29 | Cretan War (205–200 BC) | The Cretan War (205–200 BC) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, many Cretan cities (of which Olous and Hierapytna were the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens, and Knossos.
The Macedonians had just conclud... |
5688175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry%20Mason%20%281957%20TV%20series%29 | Perry Mason (1957 TV series) | Perry Mason is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Many episodes are based on stories... |
5688794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiking%20in%20the%20Great%20Smoky%20Mountains%20National%20Park | Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park | The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park located in a region of the Appalachian Mountains referred to as the Great Smoky Mountains, in a portion of east-central Tennessee and southwest North Carolina. With over 150 hiking trails extending for more than , within its boundaries, including ... |
5688987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20Hasay | Jordan Hasay | Jordan Melissa Hasay (born September 21, 1991) is an American distance runner. She grew up in Arroyo Grande, California, and attended Mission College Preparatory High School in San Luis Obispo. She was unanimously selected 2008 Girls High School Athlete of the Year by the voting panel at Track and Field News. In March ... |
5689074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%20War%20order%20of%20battle%2C%202009 | Iraq War order of battle, 2009 | Below is an estimated list of the major units deployed within the Multi-National Force – Iraq and other United States military units that were operating in Iraq under the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in 2009, during the Iraq War.
In military science terminology, the description of the units involved in an operatio... |
5689562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-photon%20absorption | Two-photon absorption | In atomic physics, two-photon absorption (TPA or 2PA), also called two-photon excitation or non-linear absorption, is the simultaneous absorption of two photons of identical or different frequencies in order to excite a molecule from one state (usually the ground state) to a higher energy, most commonly an excited elec... |
5689639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Big%20Break%20V%3A%20Hawaii | The Big Break V: Hawaii | The Big Break V: Hawaii was the fifth edition of The Golf Channel's reality television competition program, The Big Break. The show's premise is to award aspiring golf professionals exemptions into event on major tours, eliminating one contestant each week through a series of challenges until only one player is left.
... |
5689780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20marginata | Banksia marginata | Banksia marginata, commonly known as the silver banksia, is a species of tree or woody shrub in the plant genus Banksia found throughout much of southeastern Australia. It ranges from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to north of Armidale, New South Wales, and across Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait. It grow... |
5689803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20oblongifolia | Banksia oblongifolia | Banksia oblongifolia, commonly known as the fern-leaved, dwarf or rusty banksia, is a species in the plant genus Banksia. Found along the eastern coast of Australia from Wollongong, New South Wales in the south to Rockhampton, Queensland in the north, it generally grows in sandy soils in heath, open forest or swamp mar... |
5689882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20sphaerocarpa | Banksia sphaerocarpa | Banksia sphaerocarpa, commonly known as the fox banksia or round-fruit banksia, is a species of shrub or tree in the plant genus Banksia (family Proteaceae). It is generally encountered as a high shrub, and is usually smaller in the north of its range. This species has narrow green leaves, and brownish, orange or yell... |
5689970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow-based%20programming | Flow-based programming | In computer programming, flow-based programming (FBP) is a programming paradigm that defines applications as networks of black box processes, which exchange data across predefined connections by message passing, where the connections are specified externally to the processes. These black box processes can be reconnecte... |
5690038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki%20Newman | Nikki Newman | Nikki Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Created and introduced by William J. Bell in 1978, the role was portrayed by Erica Hope, before Melody Thomas Scott took over in 1979. Introduced as a stripper, the character became well known for her relationshi... |
5690878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide%20Thovex | Candide Thovex | Candide Thovex (born 22 May 1982) is a French professional skier, filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is known for his creative freestyle skiing movies and professional accomplishments. His first notable jump was at Chad's Gap, a massive transfer jump of from take-off to landing over a deep gully in Alta, Utah, US. His po... |
5691148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20guitar%20technique | Classical guitar technique | In classical guitar, the right hand is developed in such a way that it can sustain two, three, and four voice harmonies while also paying special attention to tone production. The index (i), middle (m), and ring (a) fingers are generally used to play the melody, while the thumb (p) accompanies in the bass register addi... |
5691505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanelly%20Railway | Llanelly Railway | The Llanelly Railway and Dock Company was an early Welsh railway system. It opened its first short line and a wet dock at Llanelly in 1834, and soon went on to build a longer line from Llanelly to serve pits in the Amman Valley, and then on to Llandilo, reached in 1857. The Llanelly company leased and worked the Vale o... |
5692344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Twirl | Toby Twirl | Toby Twirl is a cartoon character created by children's author Sheila Hodgetts for her publisher, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. during the 1940s and 1950s. All of the stories are illustrated by Edward Jeffrey.
The first book, Toby in Pogland, was produced in large format and published in 1946. Four other large format... |
5692362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Leeds | History of Leeds | Loidis, from which Leeds derives its name, was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet. The settlement certainly existed at the time of the Norman conquest of England and in 1086 was a thriving manor under the overlordship of Ilbert de Lacy. It gained its first charter from Maurice de Gant in 1207 yet ... |
5692558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Dormand | Jack Dormand | John Donkin Dormand, Baron Dormand of Easington (27 August 1919 – 18 December 2003) was a British educationist and Labour Party politician from the coal mining area of Easington in County Durham, in the north-east of England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Easington constituency from 1970 until his retirement... |
5693585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresford%20disaster | Gresford disaster | The Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, when an explosion and underground fire killed 266 men. Gresford is one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters: a controversial inquiry into the disaster did not conclusively identify a cause, though evidence suggeste... |
5693614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Baku | History of Baku | Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan Republic, which was also the capital of Shirvan (during the reigns of Akhsitan I and Khalilullah I), Baku Khanate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR and the administrative center of Russian Baku governorate.
Baku is derived from the old Persian Bagavan, which translates... |
5693710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20L%C3%B6w | Joachim Löw | Joachim "Jogi" Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. In March 2021, Löw an... |
5693937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20of%20Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia | Elizabeth of Bosnia (; Bosnian: Elizabeta Bošnjačka; ; ; – January 1387) was queen consort of Hungary and Croatia, as well as queen consort of Poland, and, after becoming widowed, the regent of Hungary and Croatia between 1382 and 1385 and in 1386.
Daughter of Ban Stephen II of Bosnia, Elizabeth became Queen of Hun... |
5694046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20philosophy | Women in philosophy | Women have made significant contributions to philosophy throughout the history of the discipline. Ancient examples include Maitreyi (1000 BCE), Gargi Vachaknavi (700
BCE), Hipparchia of Maroneia (active ) and Arete of Cyrene (active 5th–4th centuries BCE). Some women philosophers were accepted during the medieval and ... |
5695295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal%20muscular%20atrophy | Spinal muscular atrophy | Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common genetic cause of infant death. It may also appear later in life and then have a milde... |
5695518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Fairfield%20University%20alumni | List of Fairfield University alumni | The following is a list of notable graduates of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut:
Notable alumni
Arts and entertainment
The Alternate Routes – award-winning alternative rock band formed by Eric Donnelly (2001) and Tim Warren (2003)
Donatella Arpaia (1993) – successful New York City restaurateur; judge ... |
5695570 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Sheriff%20Gavan | Space Sheriff Gavan | , also known as Space Cop Gabin and Space Cop Gaban, is a Japanese Tokusatsu series produced by Toei Company that aired on TV Asahi from March 5, 1982 to February 25, 1983. The series launched the Metal Hero franchise and was the first installment in the Space Sheriff series.
Plot
Earth is invaded by the criminal orga... |
5696084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Negro | New Negro | "New Negro" is a term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance implying a more outspoken advocacy of dignity and a refusal to submit quietly to the practices and laws of Jim Crow racial segregation. The term "New Negro" was made popular by Alain LeRoy Locke in his anthology The New Negro.
Definition
Historically, the... |
5696092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican%20Episcopal%20Church%20of%20Brazil | Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil | The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil () is the 19th province of the Anglican Communion, covering the country of Brazil. It is composed of nine dioceses and one missionary district, each headed by a bishop, among whom one is elected as the Primate of Brazil. The current Primate is Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto. IE... |
5696813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Miller%20%28engraver%29 | William Miller (engraver) | William Miller (28 May 1796 – 20 January 1882) was a Scottish Quaker line engraver and watercolourist from Edinburgh.
Life
Miller became an apprentice to William Archibald in 1814. His first published engraving was in that year, of an apple tree for William Archibald. This engraving appeared in Vol I of the Royal Cale... |
5697153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Williams%20%28The%20Young%20and%20the%20Restless%29 | Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless) | Paul Williams is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Paul was introduced to the show on May 23, 1978, and has been portrayed by Doug Davidson until 2020. Initially, Paul was a "bad boy", who had a romance with Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott), giving her an STD. The relatio... |
5697193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s%20professional%20wrestling%20boom | 1980s professional wrestling boom | The 1980s professional wrestling boom (more commonly referred to as the Golden Era and the Rock 'n' Wrestling Era) was a surge in the popularity of professional wrestling in the United States and elsewhere throughout the 1980s. The expansion of cable television and pay-per-view, coupled with the efforts of promoters su... |
5697427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Service%20Fund | Universal Service Fund | The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a system of telecommunications subsidies and fees managed by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intended to promote universal access to telecommunications services in the United States. The FCC established the fund in 1997 in compliance with the Telecommunicati... |
5697765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinechas%20%28parashah%29 | Pinechas (parashah) | Pinechas, Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pin'has (—Hebrew for "Phinehas," a name, the sixth word and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion (, ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Numbers. It tells of Phinehas's killing of a couple, ending a plague, and ... |
5698039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Frasier%20characters | List of Frasier characters | The main character of the American television sitcom Frasier is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, his brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular appearances.
Main characters
Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, is a ped... |
5698051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Naval%20Aviation | Russian Naval Aviation | The Russian Naval Aviation () is the air arm of the Russian Navy, a successor of Soviet Naval Aviation. The Russian Navy is divided into four fleets and one flotilla: Northern Fleet, Pacific Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, and Caspian Flotilla.
The air forces of the largest and most important fleets, the Norther... |
5698493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Unification%20Church%20and%20politics | The Unification Church and politics | Since its start in advocating for the Korean independence movement the Unification Church led by Sun Myung Moon has been highly politically active.
The degree of involvement of the Unification Church, as well as some of its specific stances, have also been part of the reason for the movement's controversial status ov... |
5698573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters%20%282006%20season%29 | MythBusters (2006 season) | The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the various myths tested on the show, as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed).
Episode overview
Episode 44 – "Paper Cro... |
5698870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunder%20Singh%20Lyallpuri | Sunder Singh Lyallpuri | Sunder Singh Lyallpuri (; 1878 - 3 March 1969) was a leading Sikh member of the Indian independence movement, a general of the Akali Movement, an educationist, and journalist. Lyallpuri played a key role in the development of the Shiromani Akali Dal, and in the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the early 1920s and also found... |
5698928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Giroux | Claude Giroux | Claude Giroux (; born January 12, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Florida Panthers. Selected by the Flyers 22nd overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, Giroux ... |
5699360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vika%20and%20Linda | Vika and Linda | Vika and Linda, also known as Vika and Linda Bull, are an Australian vocal duo consisting of Vika Susan Bull (born 1966) and her younger sister, Linda Rose Bull . They came to prominence after singing backing vocals in Joe Camilleri's band The Black Sorrows from 1988. They left that group early in 1994 to start their ... |
5699455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex%20%28movie%20theater%29 | Multiplex (movie theater) | A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens within a single complex. They are usually housed in a specially designed building. Sometimes, an existing venue undergoes a renovation where the existing auditoriums are split into smaller ones, or more auditoriums are added in an extension or expansion of th... |
5699537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden%20Commodore%20%28VZ%29 | Holden Commodore (VZ) | The Holden Commodore (VZ) is a full-size car that was produced by Holden from 2004 to 2006 as a sedan and to 2007 as a wagon and Ute sold alongside the new VE series. It was the fourth and final iteration of the third generation of the Commodore and the last to spawn a coupé variant. Its range continued to include the ... |
5699647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Point%20Elliott | Treaty of Point Elliott | The Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855, or the Point Elliott Treaty,—also known as Treaty of Point Elliot (with one t) / Point Elliott Treaty—is the lands settlement treaty between the United States government and the Native American tribes of the greater Puget Sound region in the recently formed Washington Territory (Mar... |
5699937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derick%20Brassard | Derick Brassard | Derick Brassard (born September 22, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He previously played in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida... |
5699973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Philippine%20Republic | First Philippine Republic | The Philippine Republic (), now officially known as the First Philippine Republic and also referred to by historians as the Malolos Republic, was established in Malolos, Bulacan during the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire (1896–1898) and the Spanish–American War between Spain and the United States (1898... |
5700353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Abbott | Jill Abbott | Jill Abbott is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The longest-running and only remaining original character, Jill was created and introduced by William J. Bell. Originally portrayed by Brenda Dickson, when Dickson departed in 1980, the role was first recast with Deborah A... |
5700623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%20II%3A%20The%20Richard%20Donner%20Cut | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 re-edited director's cut of the 1980 superhero film Superman II. It is a sequel to Richard Donner's 1978 film Superman, based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name, and stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, and Marlon Brando, the latter whose scenes were removed and ... |
5700684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Abbott%20%28The%20Young%20and%20the%20Restless%29 | Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless) | Jack Abbott is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character was introduced in 1980 being portrayed by Terry Lester. Lester departed from the series in 1989 and was replaced by Peter Bergman shortly thereafter. Bergman relocated to California after successfully auditio... |
5700759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine%20Service%20%28Lutheran%29 | Divine Service (Lutheran) | The Divine Service () is a title given to the Eucharistic liturgy as used in the various Lutheran churches. It has its roots in the Pre-Tridentine Mass as revised by Martin Luther in his Formula missae ("Form of the Mass") of 1523 and his Deutsche Messe ("German Mass") of 1526. It was further developed through the Kirc... |
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