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5754477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307%20NCAA%20football%20bowl%20games | 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games | The 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season in college football.
A record of 32 team-competitive plus five all-star postseason games were played, with the addition of the new stand-alone Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game, the International Bowl in Toron... |
5754516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery%20Dungeon | Mystery Dungeon | Mystery Dungeon, known in Japan as , is a series of roguelike role-playing video games. Most were developed by Chunsoft, now Spike Chunsoft since the merging in 2012, and select games were developed by other companies with Chunsoft's permission. The series began when co–creator of Dragon Quest, Koichi Nakamura, was ins... |
5754704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Stanislaus%20Ostoja-Kotkowski | Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski | Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski AM, FRSA (also known as J.S Ostoja-Kotkowski, Ostoja and Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski; 28 December 19222 April 1994) was best known for his ground-breaking work in chromasonics, laser kinetics and 'sound and image' productions. He earned recognition in Australia and overseas for his pioneeri... |
5755366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject%20matter%20in%20South%20Park | Subject matter in South Park | The American animated sitcom South Park has covered and satirized a large number of topics over the course of its run. South Park Studio's use of computer animation allows it to edit episodes in days, quickly commenting on recent events, including Elián González, 2000 U.S. presidential election, the capture of Saddam H... |
5755439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household%20income%20in%20the%20United%20States | Household income in the United States | Household income is an economic standard that can be applied to one household, or aggregated across a large group such as a county, city, or the whole country. It is commonly used by the United States government and private institutions to describe a household's economic status or to track economic trends in the US.
A... |
5756425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian%20U-boat%20classes | Austro-Hungarian U-boat classes | The Austro-Hungarian U-boat fleet was created in the decade prior to the First World War. They were built to a variety of designs, many under licence from Germany. They served throughout the war against Italian, French and British shipping in the Mediterranean Sea with some success, losing eight of the twenty eight boa... |
5756554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomism | Atomism | Atomism (from Greek , atomon, i.e. "uncuttable, indivisible") is a natural philosophy proposing that the physical universe is composed of fundamental indivisible components known as atoms.
References to the concept of atomism and its atoms appeared in both ancient Greek and ancient Indian philosophical traditions. Leu... |
5756685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchies%20in%20Europe | Monarchies in Europe | Monarchy was the prevalent form of government in the history of Europe throughout the Middle Ages, only occasionally competing with communalism, notably in the case of the maritime republics and the Swiss Confederacy.
Republicanism became more prevalent in the early modern period, but monarchy remained predominant in ... |
5756930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village%20Cinemas | Village Cinemas | Village Cinemas is an Australian-based multinational film exhibition brand that mainly shows blockbusters, mainstream, children and family films and some arthouse, foreign language and documentary films.
Since 2003, its Australian sites became a joint venture between Village Roadshow and Amalgamated Holdings, forming ... |
5757057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai%20in%20Japanese%20literature | Samurai in Japanese literature | Japanese literature about samurai has a long and rich history, and includes written works such as medieval war chronicles, waka poetry, and more.
Early literature
Kojiki
The Kojiki is Japan's oldest extant book. Compiled in 712 AD, it contains passages about
Yamato Takeru, the son of the emperor Keiko. It includes r... |
5757256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial%20Assembly%20of%20the%20Punjab | Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan, having a total of 371 seats, with 297 general seats, 66 seats reserv... |
5757353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves%20Edwards | Yves Edwards | Yves Ed'duvill Edwards (born September 30, 1976) is a Bahamian retired mixed martial artist, who is best known for competing in the UFC's Lightweight division, fighting 21 times in the promotion. A professional competitor since 1997, he also competed for PRIDE, the WEC, Strikeforce, Bellator, EliteXC, King of the Cage,... |
5758449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BriSCA%20Formula%201%20Stock%20Cars | BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars | BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars is a class of single-seater stock-car-racing in the UK with custom-built cars, with races conducted on walled oval tracks of either shale or tarmac of approximately a quarter-mile in length. The cars are of an open wheel design. The cars may be of any horsepower and drivers can use any engin... |
5758646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Clark%20%28candidate%29 | Kim Clark (candidate) | Kim Clark (born April 6, 1959) was a creative professional active in film, television, and live performance. He is a businessman and community leader in Three Oaks, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois where he had lived for the past 15 years with his partner David Fink. Their Michigan-based creative efforts having been feat... |
5758859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Fan | Joel Fan | Joel Fan (b. United States, July 29, 1969) is an American pianist and Steinway Artist "who has won praise for his technical expertise, lyrical playing, and outstanding interpretation". The New York Times has described Joel Fan as an "impressive pianist" with a "probing intellect and vivid imagination." "Fan has a flour... |
5759025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia%20Monfort | Silvia Monfort | Silvia Monfort (born Simone Marguerite Favre-Bertin; 6 June 1923 – 30 March 1991) was a French actress and theatre director. She was the daughter of the sculptor Charles-Maurice Favre-Bertin and the wife of Pierre Gruneberg. She was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1973, an Officer of Arts and Letters in 1979 ... |
5759464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C5%BEidar%20Maljkovi%C4%87 | Božidar Maljković | Božidar "Boža" Maljković (; born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and current president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia.
He is one of the most successful basketball coaches in Europe, having won league titles with practically all the clubs he trained; including four EuroLeague titles... |
5759586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20psychoactive%20plants | List of psychoactive plants | This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function that alter perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior. Many of these plants are used intentionally as psychoactive drugs, for medicinal, religious, and/or... |
5759935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine%20deficiency | Thiamine deficiency | Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1). A severe and chronic form is known as beriberi. The two main types in adults are wet beriberi and dry beriberi. Wet beriberi affects the cardiovascular system, resulting in a fast heart rate, shortness of breath, and leg swelling. Dry be... |
5760445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla%20Roadster%20%28first%20generation%29 | Tesla Roadster (first generation) | The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, produced by Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway legal, serial production, all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel... |
5760792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Arkansas%20Civil%20War%20Confederate%20units | List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units | This is a list of Arkansas Civil War Confederate Units, or military units from the state of Arkansas which fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. The list of Union units is shown separately.
Like most states, Arkansas possessed a prewar Militia organization, which consisted of seventy one regiments, org... |
5760843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport%20in%20Montenegro | Sport in Montenegro | Sport in Montenegro revolves mostly around team sports, such as football, basketball, handball, and volleyball. Other sports involved are boxing, tennis, swimming, judo, karate, athletics, table tennis, and chess.
Water polo is the most popular sport in Montenegro, and is considered the national sport. Montenegro men'... |
5761568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment%20in%20children | Attachment in children | Attachment in children is "a biological instinct in which proximity to an attachment figure is sought when the child senses or perceives threat or discomfort. Attachment behaviour anticipates a response by the attachment figure which will remove threat or discomfort". Attachment also describes the function of availabil... |
5761650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment%20in%20adults | Attachment in adults | In psychology, the theory of attachment can be applied to adult relationships including friendships, emotional affairs, adult romantic and carnal relationships, and, in some cases, relationships with inanimate objects ("transitional objects"). Attachment theory, initially studied in the 1960s and 1970s primarily in the... |
5761692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment%20measures | Attachment measures | Attachment measures refer to the various procedures used to assess the attachment system in children and adults. Researchers have developed various ways of assessing self-protective strategies and patterns of attachment. Some methods work across the several models of attachment and some are model-specific.
A variety o... |
5761799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Texas%20Civil%20War%20Confederate%20units | List of Texas Civil War Confederate units | This is a list of Texas American Civil War Confederate Units. The Texas Union Army units are listed separately.
Confederate States Army
Major Formations
Walker's Texas Division (Walker's Greyhounds)
Texas Brigade
Infantry
1st Texas Infantry Regiment (2nd Infantry, Ragged Old First)
Company A (Marion Guards)
Compa... |
5762008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20genetics | Microbial genetics | Microbial genetics is a subject area within microbiology and genetic engineering. Microbial genetics studies microorganisms for different purposes. The microorganisms that are observed are bacteria, and archaea. Some fungi and protozoa are also subjects used to study in this field. The studies of microorganisms involve... |
5762841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%20%28George%20Harrison%20song%29 | You (George Harrison song) | "You" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the opening track of his 1975 album Extra Texture (Read All About It). It was also the album's lead single, becoming a top 20 hit in America and reaching number 9 in Canada. A 45-second instrumental portion of the song, titled "A Bit More of You", appears... |
5762906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20Guitar%20%28Can%27t%20Keep%20from%20Crying%29 | This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) | "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison, released on his 1975 studio album Extra Texture (Read All About It). Harrison wrote the song as a sequel to his popular Beatles composition "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", in response to the personal criticism he had received dur... |
5763282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryozovka%2C%20Russia | Beryozovka, Russia | Beryozovka () or Berezovka is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
Altai Krai
As of 2012, twelve rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name:
Berezovka, Barnaul, Altai Krai, a settlement in Nauchnogorodokskaya Settlement Administration under the administrative jurisdiction of Lenins... |
5763449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Pellegrini | Manuel Pellegrini | Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (; ; born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed teams in Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, China and Ecuador. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four countries.
Pellegrini moved t... |
5763473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur%20Khaganate | Uyghur Khaganate | The Uyghur Khaganate (also Uyghur Empire or Uighur Khaganate, self defined as Toquz-Oghuz country; , Tang-era names, with modern Hanyu Pinyin: or ) was a Turkic empire that existed for about a century between the mid 8th and 9th centuries. It was a tribal confederation under the Orkhon Uyghur () nobility, referred to ... |
5763542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wizard%20of%20Oz%20%281902%20musical%29 | The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical) | The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Although Baum is the credited bookwriter, Glen MacDonough was hired on as jokewriter after Baum had finished the script, and the book was largely ghostwritten by a man named Finnegan. Much of the orig... |
5763792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%20in%20Miami | Epic in Miami | The Epic in Miami was the National Football League AFC divisional playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins that took place on January 2, 1982 in the Miami Orange Bowl. The game, won by the Chargers in overtime, 41–38, is one of the most famous in National Football League lore because of the enormi... |
5763858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almora | Almora | Almora (Kumaoni: ) is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the Himalaya range. The Koshi (Kaushiki) and Suyal (Salmale) rivers flow along the city and... |
5764065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning%20streak | Winning streak | A winning streak, also known as a win streak or hot streak, is an uninterrupted sequence of success in games or competitions, commonly measured by at least 3 wins that are uninterrupted by losses or ties/draws. In sports, it can be applied to teams, and individuals. In sports where teams or individuals represent groups... |
5764434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Minnesota%20Twins%20season | 1996 Minnesota Twins season | Prior to spring training, the 1996 Minnesota Twins were projected to be a contending team. The team's chances significantly worsened on March 28, 1996. Kirby Puckett, the team's franchise player, had been tattooing the Grapefruit League (spring training) for a .360 average, but that morning woke up without vision in hi... |
5764629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit%20pay | Merit pay | Merit pay, merit increase or pay for performance, is performance-related pay, most frequently in the context of educational reform or government civil service reform (government jobs). It provides bonuses for workers who perform their jobs effectively, according to easily measurable criteria. In the United States, pol... |
5764801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approaches%20to%20evangelism | Approaches to evangelism | Christians have used many different approaches to spread Christianity via the practice of evangelism. Christianity began with only a few different evangelistic approaches, but over the years, many different forms of evangelism have been employed by various groups to spread their faith. Many of these forms of evangelism... |
5764939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Lavery | Ryan Lavery | Ryan Lavery is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from 1998 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2011. He has a daughter with ex-wife Annie Lavery, a son with Kendall Hart, and is married to Kendall's best friend and sometimes enemy Greenlee Smythe.
Background
... |
5765251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland%20Tricolour | Newfoundland Tricolour | The Newfoundland Tricolour, or the Pink, White and Green, is an unofficial flag seen in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is mistakenly believed to have been an official Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador, or more commonly, of the island of Newfoundland specifically.
Its proportions are 1:2 with ... |
5765413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%20Mullaney | Lloyd Mullaney | Lloyd Mullaney is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Craig Charles. He made his first on screen appearance on 20 June 2005. The character departed on 23 July 2006, while Charles was suspended from work. He returned on 12 February 2007. Charles took a temporary break from ... |
5765606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creighton%20Hale | Creighton Hale | Creighton Hale (born Patrick Wills Fitzgerald; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965) was an Irish-American theatre, film, and television actor whose career extended more than a half-century, from the early 1900s to the end of the 1950s.
Career
Born in County Cork, Ireland, Hale was one of two children born to Maud V. Hale an... |
5765830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hand%20of%20Ulster | Red Hand of Ulster | The Red Hand of Ulster () is a symbol used in heraldry to denote the Irish province of Ulster and the Northern Uí Néill in particular. It has also been used however by other Irish clans across the island, including the ruling families of western Connacht (i.e. the O'Flahertys and McHughs) and the chiefs of the Midland... |
5765876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Hatton | Raymond Hatton | Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures.
Biography
Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. However, Hatton had become enamored of being on stage after he acted in a school play... |
5766592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Sweetland | Edwin Sweetland | Edwin Regur Sweetland (January 10, 1875 – October 21, 1950) was an American coach, trainer, and athletic administrator at several universities. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field, and rowing, but the majority of for his coaching work was in football. Though... |
5767788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem%20of%20religious%20language | Problem of religious language | The problem of religious language considers whether it is possible to talk about God meaningfully if the traditional conceptions of God as being incorporeal, infinite, and timeless, are accepted. Because these traditional conceptions of God make it difficult to describe God, religious language has the potential to be m... |
5767999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20the%20Alarm | Ring the Alarm | "Ring the Alarm" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her second studio album, B'Day (2006). It was written by Knowles, Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, and Sean Garrett. Columbia Records released "Ring the Alarm" as the second single from B'Day in the United States on October 17, 2006, while "Irreplaceable" (2... |
5768012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee%20palace | Coffee palace | A coffee palace was an often large and elaborate residential hotel that did not serve alcohol, most of which were built in Australia in the late 19th century.
A modest temperance hotel was opened in 1826 by activist Gerrit Smith in his hometown of Peterboro, New York, United States. It was not popular with locals, nor... |
5768015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Thirteen%20Problems | The Thirteen Problems | The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title The Tuesday Club Murders. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at ... |
5769143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%20in%20Christianity | Hell in Christianity | In Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death (particular judgment). Its character is inferred from teaching in the biblical texts, some of which, interpreted literally... |
5769539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federacy | Federacy | A federacy is a form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority of the substate units. To some extent, such an arrangement can be considered to be similar to asymmetric federalism.
Description
A federacy is a form of government with features of both a feder... |
5769634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Bernardino%20train%20disaster | San Bernardino train disaster | The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleu... |
5770331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Thomas%20%28theatre%20director%29 | Gerald Thomas (theatre director) | Gerald Thomas Sievers, best known as simply Gerald Thomas (born July 1, 1954, Rio de Janeiro) is a theatre and opera director and playwright who has spent his life in the United States, England, Brazil and Germany. After graduating as a reader of philosophy at the British Museum Reading Room, Thomas began his life in ... |
5773302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20North%20Carolina | History of North Carolina | The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, covers the experiences of the people who have lived within the territory that now comprises the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Findings of the earliest discovered human settlements in present day North Carolina, are found at the Hardaway Site, dati... |
5773449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg%20Vassiliev%20%28painter%29 | Oleg Vassiliev (painter) | Oleg Vassiliev (; November 4, 1931; Moscow – January 25, 2013) was a Russian painter associated with the Soviet Nonconformist Art style. Vassiliev emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in 1990 and later lived and worked in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Education
Vassiliev graduated from V.I. Surikov State ... |
5773736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issues%20in%20anarchism | Issues in anarchism | Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary and harmful as well as opposing authority and hierarchical organization in the conduct of human relations. Proponents of anarchism, known as anarchists, advocate stateless societies based on non-hierarchical ... |
5774818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Lieu | Ted Lieu | Ted W. Lieu ( ; born March 29, 1969) is an American attorney, politician and retired military officer who has represented California's 36th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023. He represented the 33rd congressional district from 2015 to 2023. The district includes South Bay and Westsi... |
5775215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solihull | Solihull | Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census, and its wider borough had a population of 216,240 The town i... |
5775489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban%20literature | Cuban literature | Cuban literature is the literature written in Cuba or outside the island by Cubans in Spanish language. It began to find its voice in the early 19th century. The major works published in Cuba during that time were of an abolitionist character. Notable writers of this genre include Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda and Ciri... |
5776334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateryna%20Volodko | Kateryna Volodko | Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; ; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko. Kateryna is the younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria and Alona.
She plays right-handed and turned ... |
5776868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS%20Mindelense | CS Mindelense | Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: KS Mindelensi (KS – Klubi Sporting), São Vicente Crioulo: KS Mindelense (KS – Klube or Clube (CS)) is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Interisland League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo in the island of São Vic... |
5777246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%20development%20theories | Student development theories | Student development theory refers to a body of scholarship that seeks to understand and explain the developmental processes of how students learn, grow, and develop in post-secondary education. Student development theory has been defined as a “collection of theories related to college students that explain how they gro... |
5777398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon%20Hamilton | Devon Hamilton | Devon Winters (also Hamilton) is a fictional character from The Young and the Restless, an American soap opera on the CBS network, portrayed by Bryton James. The character, known at first as Devon Hamilton, made his first appearance on June 1, 2004. He was introduced as a homeless teenager who is taken in by the Winter... |
5777566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Australia%20during%20the%20Vietnam%20War | Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War | Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War began with a small commitment of 30 military advisors in 1962, and increased over the following decade to a peak of 7,672 Australian personnel following the Menzies Government's April 1965 decision to upgrade its military commitment to South Vietnam's security. By the time the... |
5778038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%E1%BB%87t%20Nam%20Qu%E1%BB%91c%20D%C3%A2n%20%C4%90%E1%BA%A3ng | Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng | The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (; chữ Hán: ; ), abbreviated VNQDĐ or Việt Quốc, was a nationalist and democratic socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century. Its origins lie in a group of young Hanoi-based intellectuals who began publishing revolutio... |
5778040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om%20Shanti%20Om | Om Shanti Om | Om Shanti Om (transl. Peace Be With You) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language masala film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh, and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. Spanning three decades, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Om Prakash Makhija, a ... |
5778070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald%20Low | Archibald Low | Archibald Montgomery Low (17 October 1888 – 13 September 1956) developed the first powered drone aircraft. He was an English consulting engineer, research physicist and inventor, and author of more than 40 books.
Low has been called the "father of radio guidance systems" due to his pioneering work on planes, torpedoes... |
5778098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20model | Tree model | In historical linguistics, the tree model (also Stammbaum, genetic, or cladistic model) is a model of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, particularly a phylogenetic tree in the biological evolution of species. As with species, each language is assumed to have evolved from a single par... |
5778203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethanie%20Mattek-Sands | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
In women's doubles, Mattek-Sands has won 28 career tit... |
5778234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah%20rape%20and%20killings | Mahmudiyah rape and killings | The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were a series of war crimes committed by five United States Army soldiers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her family on March 12, 2006. It occurred in the family's house to th... |
5778250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyai%20Roro%20Kidul | Nyai Roro Kidul | Nyi Roro Kidul (or Nyai Rara Kidul, Sundanese: ᮑᮤ ᮛᮛ ᮊᮤᮓᮥᮜ᮪, Javanese: ꦚꦻꦫꦫꦏꦶꦢꦸꦭ꧀, Balinese: ᬜᬶᬭᭀᬭᭀᬓᬶᬤᬸᬮ᭄) is a supernatural being in Indonesian folklore. She is the Queen of the Southern Sea in Sundanese and Javanese mythology.
In Javanese mythology, Kanjeng Ratu Kidul is a creation of Dewa Kaping Telu who fills th... |
5778510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganjifa | Ganjifa | Ganjifa, Ganjapa or Gânjaphâ, is a card game and type of playing cards that are most associated with Persia and India. After Ganjifa cards fell out of use in Iran before the twentieth century, India became the last country to produce them. The form prevalent in Odisha is Ganjapa.
Description
Ganjifa cards are circula... |
5778516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses%20%28play%29 | Metamorphoses (play) | Metamorphoses is a play by the American playwright and director Mary Zimmerman, adapted from the classic Ovid poem Metamorphoses. The play premiered in 1996 as Six Myths at Northwestern University and later the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. The play opened off-Broadway in October 2001 at the Second Stage The... |
5778583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20and%20menstruation | Culture and menstruation | There are many cultural aspects surrounding how societies view menstruation. Different cultures view menstruation in different ways. The basis of many conduct norms and communication about menstruation in western industrial societies is the belief that menstruation should remain hidden. By contrast, in some hunter-gath... |
5779069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Nigeria | Human rights in Nigeria | Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the current constitution of 1999. While Nigeria has made major improvements in human rights under this constitution, the American Human Rights Report of 2012 notes several areas where more improvement is needed, which includes: abuses by Boko Haram, killings by government fo... |
5779481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anette%20Trettebergstuen | Anette Trettebergstuen | Anette Trettebergstuen (born 25 May 1981) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party, who served as Minister of Culture and Equality in Støre's Cabinet from 2021 to 2023. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 2005. She is the only openly lesbian politician in the Norwegian Parliament.... |
5779566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20Evashevski | Forest Evashevski | Forest "Evy" Evashevski (February 19, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942.
Evashevski served as the head football coach at Hamilton ... |
5779669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trygve%20Slagsvold%20Vedum | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum | Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum (born 1 December 1978) is a Norwegian politician who has served as Minister of Finance since 2021. A member of the Centre Party, which he has led since 2014, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedmark since 2005. Vedum also served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2012 to 2... |
5780051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Protective%20Corps | Russian Protective Corps | The Russian Protective Corps (, , / Ruski zaštitni korpus) was an armed force composed of anti-communist White Russian émigrés that was raised in the German occupied territory of Serbia during World War II. Commanded for almost its whole existence by Lieutenant General Boris Shteifon, it served primarily as a guard fo... |
5780856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient%20safety | Patient safety | Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types of unnecessary harm that often lead to adverse patient events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse events, often known as patient safety incidents, experie... |
5780937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%20Junction%20station | Broadway Junction station | The Broadway Junction station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated BMT Canarsie Line and BMT Jamaica Line, and the underground IND Fulton Street Line. It was also served by trains of the Fulton Street Elevated until that line closed in 1956. It is located roughly at the intersection of Broad... |
5781194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian%20stay-behind%20network | Belgian stay-behind network | The Belgian stay-behind network, colloquially called "Gladio" (meaning "sword"), was a secret mixed civilian and military unit, trained to form a resistance movement in the event of a Soviet invasion and part of a network of similar organizations in North Atlantic Treaty Organization states. It functioned from at least... |
5781887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift%20Off%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | Lift Off (Australian TV series) | Lift Off was an Australian children's television series that was developed and produced by Patricia Edgar and broadcast on ABC Television from 1992 until the series ended in 1995. Each episode featured a live action storyline about a group of young children, and the problems they encountered with growing up, their pare... |
5782073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20AFL%20season | 1996 AFL season | The 1996 AFL season was the 100th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs and ran from 29 March until 28 September. It comprised a 22-game h... |
5782098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th%20Expeditionary%20Sustainment%20Command | 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command | The 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command—the "Lucky 13th"—is a U.S. Army modular sustainment command which serves as a forward presence for expeditionary operations for a theater, or in support of a regional combatant commander. Corps Sustainment Commands (CSC), such as the 13th, synchronize distribution of supplies ... |
5782673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20%28Dick%29%20School%20of%20Veterinary%20Studies | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies | The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, commonly referred to as the Dick Vet, is the University of Edinburgh's vet school. It is part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
In a joint submission to the latest UK Research Excellence Framework exercise, research at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterin... |
5782694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickie%20Lambert | Rickie Lambert | Rickie Lee Lambert (born 16 February 1982) is an English former professional footballer who is currently an Academy Youth Development Coach at Wigan Athletic. During his career, he played as a striker, before retiring in 2017. He won a number of personal awards, including two league Golden Boots. Lambert was known for ... |
5782953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNSW%20Faculty%20of%20Law%20and%20Justice | UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice | The Faculty of Law and Justice of the University of New South Wales is a law school situated in Sydney, Australia. It is widely regarded as one of Australia's top law schools. The 2021 QS World University Rankings rank the UNSW Law Faculty 13th in the world, first for undergraduate law in Australia, (with the Melbourn... |
5783379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20occupation%20of%20Luxembourg%20during%20World%20War%20I | German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I | From August 1914 until the end of World War I on 11 November 1918, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was under full occupation by the German Empire. The German government justified the occupation by citing the need to support their armies in neighbouring France, although many Luxembourgers, contemporary and present, have i... |
5783563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20pedagogy | Social pedagogy | Social pedagogy describes a holistic and relationship-centred way of working in care and educational settings with people across the course of their lives. In many countries across Europe (and increasingly beyond), it has a long-standing tradition as a field of practice and academic discipline concerned with addressing... |
5783841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali%20science%20fiction | Bengali science fiction | Bengali science fiction ( Bangla Bigyan Kalpakahini) is a part of Bengali literature containing science fiction elements. It is called Kalpabigyan ( ) or stories of imaginative science, in Bengali literature. The term was first coined by Adrish Bardhan during his editorship years.
Earliest writers
Bengali writers w... |
5784074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu%20Arang | Batu Arang | Batu Arang is a town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia, that is located about from the capital Kuala Lumpur. Coal was first discovered in the region in 1908, when British authorities found large deposits of coal reserves that could be commercially viable and fuel a railway system. The town was established when th... |
5784430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20Marketing%20Research | Master of Marketing Research | The Master of Marketing Research (MMR) is a graduate degree program that may be from one to three years in length. Students pursuing this degree study the aspects of research in the field of marketing. Unlike an M.B.A., which is a general business degree, the Master of Marketing Research focuses solely on the aspects ... |
5786141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton%20Donaldson | Clayton Donaldson | Clayton Andrew Donaldson (born 7 February 1984) is a professional footballer and manager who plays as a striker for club Farsley Celtic, where he is also the manager. He has played in the English Football League and Scottish Premier League for Hull City, Hibernian, Crewe Alexandra, Brentford, Birmingham City, Sheffiel... |
5786169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer%20Serei | Khmer Serei | The Khmer Serei ( ; "Free Khmer") were an anti-communist and anti-monarchist guerrilla force founded by Cambodian nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh. In 1959, he published 'The Manifesto of the Khmer Serei' claiming that Sihanouk was supporting the 'communization' of Kampuchea. In the 1960s, the Khmer Serei were growing in nu... |
5786857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20rights%20in%20Mexico | LGBT rights in Mexico | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Mexico expanded in the 21st century, keeping with worldwide legal trends. The intellectual influence of the French Revolution and the brief French occupation of Mexico (1862–67) resulted in the adoption of the Napoleonic Code, which decriminalized same-sex sexual... |
5787026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid%20talk%20show | Tabloid talk show | A tabloid talk show is a subgenre of the talk show genre that emphasizes controversial and sensationalistic topical subject matter. The subgenre originated in the United States and achieved peak viewership from the mid-1980s through the end of the 1990s. Airing mostly during the day and distributed mostly through telev... |
5787819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matot | Matot | Matot, Mattot, Mattoth, or Matos (—Hebrew for "tribes", the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 42nd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Numbers. It comprises . It discusses laws of vows, the destruction of Midianite ... |
5788227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Darcy | Mr. Darcy | Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist. The story's narration is almost exclusively from Eliza... |
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