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5893649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share%20repurchase | Share repurchase | Share repurchase, also known as share buyback or stock buyback, is the re-acquisition by a company of its own shares. It represents an alternate and more flexible way (relative to dividends) of returning money to shareholders. When used in coordination with increased corporate leverage, buybacks can increase share pric... |
5894168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery%20at%20common%20law | Slavery at common law | Slavery at common law in the British Empire developed slowly over centuries, and was characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and the rights of slaves and slave owners. Unlike in its colonies, within the home islands of Britain, until 1807, except fo... |
5894248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milburn%2C%20Cumbria | Milburn, Cumbria | Milburn is a small village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is located on the northern side of the Eden Valley, about east of Penrith. The parish had a population of 171 in both the 2001, and 2011 censuses.
It lies beneath Cross Fell, the highest point of the Pennines and is one of a chai... |
5894477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sparassidae%20species | List of Sparassidae species | This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Sparassidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1383 species in 96 genera:
† Sparassidae sp. Wunderlich, 2008c — Palaeogen Baltic amber
A
Adcatomus
Adcatomus Karsch, 1880 - Sparassinae
Adcatomus ciudadus Karsch, 1880 (type) — Venezuela, Peru
A... |
5894536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Lycosidae%20species | List of Lycosidae species | See also the List of Lycosidae genera, sorted by subfamilies.
This page lists all described species of the spider family Lycosidae as of Dec. 29, 2013.
Acantholycosa
Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908
Acantholycosa aborigenica Zyuzin & Marusik, 1988 — Russia, Mongolia
Acantholycosa altaiensis Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004... |
5894600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Crouch | River Crouch | The River Crouch is a small river that flows entirely through the English county of Essex.
The distance of the Navigation between Holliwell Point which is north of Foulness Island and Battlesbridge is 17.5 Miles, i.e. 15.21 Nautical Miles.
Route
The Crouch rises in 'The Wilderness' on the Burstead Golf course at Litt... |
5894781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20solar%20model | Standard solar model | The standard solar model (SSM) is a mathematical treatment of the Sun as a spherical ball of gas (in varying states of ionisation, with the hydrogen in the deep interior being a completely ionised plasma). This model, technically the spherically symmetric quasi-static model of a star, has stellar structure described by... |
5894884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal%20Khashoggi | Jamal Khashoggi | Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; , ; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for Middle East Eye and The Washington Post, and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Sa... |
5894916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg%20Easter%20Festival | Salzburg Easter Festival | The Salzburg Easter Festival (, sometimes OFS) is a classical music and opera festival held every year over the extended week before Easter (Holy Week) in Salzburg, Austria since 1967.
It was created by the conductor Herbert von Karajan, and for most of its history featured the Berlin Philharmonic, of which Karajan wa... |
5895130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Schwarzenberg | House of Schwarzenberg | The House of Schwarzenberg is a German (Franconian) and Czech (Bohemian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German nobility and Czech nobility, and they held the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The family belongs to the high n... |
5895594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theridion%20grallator | Theridion grallator | Theridion grallator, also known as the Hawaiian happy-face spider, is a spider in the family Theridiidae that resides on the Hawaiian Islands. T. grallator gets its vernacular name of "Hawaiian happy-face spider" from the unique patterns superimposed on its abdomen, specifically those that resemble a human smiling face... |
5895601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Texas | Economy of Texas | The economy of the State of Texas is the second largest by GDP in the United States after that of California. It has a gross state product of $2.355 trillion as of 2022. In 2022, Texas led the nation with the most companies in the Fortune 500 with 53 in total. As of 2021, Texas grossed more than $300 billion a year in ... |
5895646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%209%20in%20New%20York | U.S. Route 9 in New York | U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Laurel, Delaware, to Champlain, New York. In New York, US 9 extends from the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan to an interchange with Interstate 87 (I-87) just south of the Canadian border in the town of Champlain. US 9 is th... |
5896124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile%20%28Lily%20Allen%20song%29 | Smile (Lily Allen song) | "Smile" is the debut single by British recording artist Lily Allen from her debut studio album Alright, Still (2006). It was written by Allen, Iyiola Babalola and Darren Lewis, while sampling the Soul Brothers' "Free Soul". The song was released as the lead mainstream single of the album in July 2006. After signing a c... |
5896289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20motion%20picture%20film%20stocks | List of motion picture film stocks | This is a list of motion picture films. Those films known to be no longer available have been marked "(discontinued)". This article includes color and black-and-white negative films, reversal camera films, intermediate stocks, and print stocks.
3M
3M no longer manufactures motion picture film.
CR 160 Camera Reversal... |
5897131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20views%20on%20Jesus%27s%20death | Islamic views on Jesus's death | The biblical account of the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus (ʿĪsā) recorded in the Christian New Testament is traditionally rejected by the major branches of Islam, but like Christians they believe that Jesus ascended to heaven and he will, according to Islamic literary sources, return before the end of t... |
5897194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Damala | Jacques Damala | Aristides Damalas (Greek: Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς, alternative spellings Aristidis or Aristide; 15 January 1855 – 18 August 1889), known in France by the stage name Jacques Damala, was a Greek military officer-turned-actor, and husband of Sarah Bernhardt in his last years. Damala's characterisation by modern researchers is ... |
5897742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20media | Social media | Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of content, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of social media arise due to the variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently... |
5897844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitats%20Directive | Habitats Directive | The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a directive adopted by the European Community in 1992 as a response to the Berne Convention. The European Community was reformed as the European Union the following year, bu... |
5898156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections%20in%20New%20York%20%28state%29 | Elections in New York (state) | The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, including Westchester County, Rockland County and Long Island's Nassau count... |
5898214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Cars%20characters | List of Cars characters | Cars is a media franchise including the 2006 film Cars, the 2011 film Cars 2, the 2017 film Cars 3, the 2022 series Cars on the Road, the 2013 film Planes, and the 2014 film Planes: Fire & Rescue. This page is a list of characters that have appeared in the franchise.
Piston Cup racers
Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen... |
5898840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Deadliest%20Catch%20episodes | List of Deadliest Catch episodes | Deadliest Catch is a documentary television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab, bairdi crab, and opilio crab fishing seasons.
The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is the ... |
5898976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Puritan | The Last Puritan | The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel is a 1935 novel by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. Set largely in the fictional town of Great Falls, Connecticut, Boston, and England, in and around Oxford, it relates the life of Oliver Alden, the descendant of an old Boston family. Santayana wrote o... |
5899134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Tabor%2C%20New%20Jersey | Mount Tabor, New Jersey | Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) established as a self-governing Methodist camp meeting in what is now Parsippany–Troy Hills, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
History
Founding
Camp meetings, which are outdoor religious revival services, began for the purpo... |
5899408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp%20Atterbury-Muscatatuck | Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck | Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally-owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. The camp's mission is to provide full logistical and training support for up to two brigade-sized elements simultaneousl... |
5899498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Boys%20with%20the%20Golden%20Stars | The Boys with the Golden Stars | The Boys with the Golden Stars (Romanian: Doi feți cu stea în frunte) is a Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumänische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book. An alternate title to the tale is The Twins with the Golden Star.
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as t... |
5899978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam%20Van%20Waters | Miriam Van Waters | Miriam Van Waters (October 4, 1887 – January 17, 1974) was an American prison reformer of the early to mid-20th century whose methods owed much to her upbringing as an Episcopalian involved in the Social Gospel movement. During her career as a penologist, which spanned most of the years from 1914 through 1957, she serv... |
5900047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Theatre%20in%20Belgrade | National Theatre in Belgrade | The National Theatre () is a theatre located in Belgrade, Serbia.
Founded in the later half of the 19th century, it is located on the Republic Square, at the corner of Vasina and Francuska Street. With the raising of this building as well as with the implementation of the Regulations Plan of Town in Trench by Josimovi... |
5900106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%20Ji%20%28Three%20Kingdoms%29 | Wang Ji (Three Kingdoms) | Wang Ji (190 – 9 June 261), courtesy name Boyu, was a military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career as a low-ranking official under Wang Ling, the governor of Qing Province. During this time, he was noted for exemplary performance and was later transferred to ... |
5900525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Romanesque%20buildings | List of Romanesque buildings | Listed below are examples of surviving buildings in Romanesque style in Europe, sorted by modern day countries.
List
Austria
Gurk Cathedral, Gurk, Carinthia
Ossiach Abbey, Ossiach, Carinthia
Virgilkapelle, Vienna
Millstatt Abbey, Millstatt, Carinthia
, Hollabrunn, Lower Austria
Belgium
Tournai Cathedral in T... |
5900696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Minnesota%20Solar%20Vehicle%20Project | University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project | The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project, or UMNSVP, is a team of undergraduate students from the University of Minnesota that designs and constructs solar-powered cars. In its 31 years, it has established itself as one of the world's top solar racing teams, and the top Cruiser/Multi-Occupant Vehicle team in t... |
5901324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20S%C3%A1nchez | Alexis Sánchez | Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Chile national team. He is often regarded as the greatest Chilean player of all time.
Dubbed "El Niño Maravilla" (The Wonder Ch... |
5901831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillisquaque%20Creek | Chillisquaque Creek | Chillisquaque Creek is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Montour County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Derry Township, Washingtonville, and Liberty Township in Montour County and East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillis... |
5902152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay%20Yong%20Kwang | Tay Yong Kwang | Tay Yong Kwang is a Singaporean judge of the Supreme Court. He was first appointed Judicial Commissioner in 1997, appointed Judge in 2003, and appointed Judge of Appeal in 2016. He was noted for being the presiding judge in several notable cases (especially murder) that shocked the nation and made headlines in Singapor... |
5902254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Incredibles%20characters | List of The Incredibles characters | The following is a list of fictional characters from the 2004 Disney/Pixar computer-animated superhero film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel Incredibles 2.
The Parr Family (The Incredibles)
Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible)
Robert "Bob" Parr (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible) (voiced by Craig T. Nelson in the films, Pete Docter in ... |
5903522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%20International%20Airlines%20Flight%20688 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 was a domestic passenger flight from Multan to Islamabad with a stopover in Lahore, operated by Pakistan's flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines. On 10 July 2006, the aircraft operating the route, a Fokker F27, crashed into a mango garden after one of its two engines fa... |
5903655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Jews%20in%20North%20Macedonia | History of the Jews in North Macedonia | The history of the Jews in North Macedonia stretches back two thousand years, beginning during Roman antiquity, when Jews first arrived in the region. Today, following the Holocaust and emigration, especially to Israel, around 200 Jews remain in North Macedonia, mostly in the capital, Skopje and a few in Štip and Bitol... |
5903896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erjon%20Bogdani | Erjon Bogdani | Erjon Bogdani (born 14 April 1977) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player. He is nicknamed "Bogu" or "Er-Bomber".
Regarded as one of the most successful Albanian players of all time, Bogdani began his career at Partizani Tirana in 1994 where he debuted at the age of 16. He left the club in Januar... |
5904373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Williams | Ali Williams | Alexander James "Ali" Williams (born 30 April 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union player who played at lock, spending almost all of his playing career in his homeland. At provincial level, he played mainly with Auckland, though he spent one season with Tasman and was also loaned out to Nottingham in England's second-lev... |
5905022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20variation | Regional variation | A regional variation generally refers to times when a radio station or television station simultaneously broadcasts different programs, continuity or advertisements to different parts of its coverage area. This may be so as to provide programming specific to a particular region, such as local news, or may be so as to a... |
5905280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADche%C3%A1l%20%C3%93%20Domhnaill | Mícheál Ó Domhnaill | Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (; 7 October 1951 – 7 July 2006) was an Irish singer, guitarist, composer, and producer who was a major influence on Irish traditional music in the second half of the twentieth century. He is remembered for his innovative work with Skara Brae, the first group to record vocal harmonization in Irish l... |
5905720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Toy%20Story%20characters | List of Toy Story characters | Characters from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise which consists of the animated feature films Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (1923) and Toy Story 4 (2019), and Lightyear (2022). This list also includes characters from the Toy Story Toons series (2011–2012) and the television specials Toy Story of T... |
5906197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Hawaii%20hurricanes | List of Hawaii hurricanes | A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each year, although as many as fifteen have occurred, such as in the 2015 season; rarely do these storms actually affect Hawa... |
5906299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlieplexing | Charlieplexing | Charlieplexing (also known as tristate multiplexing, reduced pin-count LED multiplexing, complementary LED drive and crossplexing) is a technique for driving a multiplexed display, keypad or touchscreen, in which relatively few I/O wires from a microcontroller are woven in a diagonally-intersecting pattern to access a ... |
5907185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaynes%E2%80%93Cummings%20model | Jaynes–Cummings model | The Jaynes–Cummings model (sometimes abbreviated JCM) is a theoretical model in quantum optics. It describes the system of a two-level atom interacting with a quantized mode of an optical cavity (or a bosonic field), with or without the presence of light (in the form of a bath of electromagnetic radiation that can caus... |
5907553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con%20Thien | Con Thien | Con Thien (Vietnamese: Cồn Tiên, meaning the "Hill of Angels") was a military base that started out as a U.S. Army Special Forces camp before transitioning to a United States Marine Corps combat base. It was located near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) about from North Vietnam in Gio Linh District, Quảng Trị ... |
5907750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1n | Galán | Cerro Galán is a caldera in the Catamarca Province of Argentina. It is one of the largest exposed calderas in the world and forms part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of the three volcanic belts found in South America. One of several major caldera systems in the Central Volcanic Zone, the mountain is gro... |
5907902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension%20%28John%20Coltrane%20album%29 | Ascension (John Coltrane album) | Ascension is a jazz album by John Coltrane recorded in June 1965 and released in 1966. It is considered a watershed in Coltrane's work, with the albums recorded before it being more conventional in structure and the albums recorded after it being looser, free jazz inspired works. In addition, it signaled Coltrane's int... |
5908618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods%20of%20Tulsa%2C%20Oklahoma | Neighborhoods of Tulsa, Oklahoma | Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma. It has many diverse neighborhoods due to its size.
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, Highway 64, and Highway 75. The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district, and is the f... |
5909339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20discovery | Electronic discovery | Electronic discovery (also ediscovery or e-discovery) refers to discovery in legal proceedings such as litigation, government investigations, or Freedom of Information Act requests, where the information sought is in electronic format (often referred to as electronically stored information or ESI). Electronic discovery... |
5909869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blackeyed%20Susans | The Blackeyed Susans | For the American band with a similar name, see Blackeyed Susan.
The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, which formed in Perth in 1989. Long serving members are Phil Kakulas on bass guitar, guitar and vocals; and Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar. They have released seven studio albums, Welcome Stranger (Augus... |
5909968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fable%20of%20the%20Bees | The Fable of the Bees | The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits (1714) is a book by the Anglo-Dutch social philosopher Bernard Mandeville. It consists of the satirical poem The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn'd Honest, which was first published anonymously in 1705; a prose discussion of the poem, called "Remarks"; and an es... |
5910082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja%20Gaiden%20%282004%20video%20game%29 | Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game) | is an action adventure hack and slash video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo for the Xbox. It was released in March 2004. Set in the futuristic version of the 21st century, players control Ryu Hayabusa, a master ninja, in his quest to recover a stolen sword and avenge the slaughter of his clan. It wa... |
5910480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20Yagami | Light Yagami | is the main protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, an otherworldly supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill anyone by knowing their name and face, after it is dropped by the Shinigami Ryuk... |
5910689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20United%20States%20inventions%20%28after%201991%29 | Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) | A timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) encompasses the ingenuity and innovative advancements of the United States within a historical context, dating from the Contemporary era to the present day, which have been achieved by inventors who are either native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States. ... |
5911031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood%20%28American%20TV%20series%29 | Brotherhood (American TV series) | Brotherhood is an American crime drama television series created by Blake Masters about the intertwining lives of the Irish-American Caffee brothers from Providence, Rhode Island: Tommy (Jason Clarke) is a local politician and Michael (Jason Isaacs) is a gangster involved with New England's Irish Mob. The show also fea... |
5911594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellingg%20Bee | Spellingg Bee | "Spellingg Bee", also known as "The Spellingg Bee", is the second episode of the first season of the American comedy-drama detective television series Psych. It was written by series creator and co-executive producer Steve Franks, and was directed by co-executive producer and director Mel Damski during November and Dec... |
5913124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20compositions%20for%20guitar | List of compositions for guitar | This article lists the classical guitar music in the classical guitar repertoire. It includes baroque guitar and vihuela music, but not lute music. This music is most commonly performed by classical guitarists and requires the use of a variety of classical guitar techniques to play.
During the Renaissance, the guitar ... |
5913361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Morgan%20%28writer%29 | Jeffrey Morgan (writer) | Jeffrey Morgan is a Canadian writer and photographer who is best known for being the authorized biographer of both Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop and The Stooges.
He is also the writer of the graphic novel The Brides of Mister X and Other Stories which Rolling Stone called "one of the 50 best non-superhero graphic novels".... |
5913449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20campaign%20in%20Egypt%20and%20Syria | French campaign in Egypt and Syria | The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was a Napoleonic campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, executed by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon proclaimed to "defend French trade interests" and to establish "scientific enterprise" in the region. It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campa... |
5913781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Maillard | Keith Maillard | Keith Maillard (born 28 February 1942 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a Canadian-American novelist, poet, and professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia. He moved to Canada in 1970 (due to his opposition to the Vietnam War) and became a Canadian citizen in 1976.
Family background
Maillard has... |
5914488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric%20van%20der%20Gun | Cedric van der Gun | Cedric van der Gun (born 5 May 1979) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
Ajax/Loan Spells
Born in The Hague, Van der Gun started his professional football at AFC Ajax when he first joined at fifteen years old. Van Der Gun was part of the senior squad of the club in the 1998–9... |
5914541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution%20of%20ageing | Evolution of ageing | Enquiry into the evolution of ageing, or aging, aims to explain why a detrimental process such as ageing would evolve, and why there is so much variability in the lifespans of organisms. The classical theories of evolution (mutation accumulation, antagonistic pleiotropy, and disposable soma) suggest that environmental ... |
5914952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman%20Island | Kingman Island | Kingman Island (also known as Burnham Barrier) and Heritage Island are islands in Northeast and Southeast Washington, D.C., in the Anacostia River. Both islands are man-made, built from material dredged from the Anacostia River and completed in 1916. Kingman Island is bordered on the east by the Anacostia River, and on... |
5915114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Disney%27s%20Hollywood%20Studios%20attractions | List of Disney's Hollywood Studios attractions | Disney's Hollywood Studios is a theme park located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Major attractions are listed below.
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is lined with shops selling Disney merchandise and food. While parades are a major attraction today, the area was not originally built to handle parades, and a... |
5915340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20United%20States%20Senate%20election%20in%20New%20York | 2000 United States Senate election in New York | In the United States Senate election held in the State of New York on November 7, 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton, then First Lady of the United States and the first First Lady to run for political office, defeated U.S. Representative Rick Lazio. The general election coincided with the U.S. presidential election.
The rac... |
5916397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20%22Tiger%22%20Dunlop | William "Tiger" Dunlop | William Dunlop (19 November 1792 – 29 June 1848) also known as Tiger Dunlop, was an army officer, surgeon, Canada Company official, author, justice of the peace, militia officer, politician, and office holder. He is notable for his contributions to the War of 1812 in Canada and his work in the Canada Company, helping t... |
5916562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MsChif | MsChif | Rachel Frobel (née Collins) is an American professional wrestler who is better known by her ring name MsChif. She has been wrestling since 2001 and in that time has worked for several independent promotions across the United States, with guest matches in England and Japan. She is known for her banshee gimmick, howling ... |
5916930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Orl%C3%A9ans | Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans | The Diocese of Orléans (Latin: Dioecesis Aurelianensis; French: Diocèse d'Orléans) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese currently corresponds to the Départment of Loiret. The current bishop is Jacques André Blaquart, who was appointed in 2010.
The diocese has experienced a number of ... |
5917340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20war%20era%20in%20Norway | Civil war era in Norway | The civil war era in Norway (, borgarkrigstidi, borgerkrigstida or borgerkrigstiden) began in 1130 and ended in 1240. During this time in Norwegian history, some two dozen rival kings and pretenders waged wars to claim the throne.
In the absence of formal laws governing claims to rule, men who had proper lineage and ... |
5917437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20cinema | Parallel cinema | Parallel cinema () or New Indian Cinema, is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema.
Inspired by Italian Neorealism, Parallel Cinema began just before the French New Wave and Japanese New Wave, and was a prec... |
5917452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Finn | Steven Finn | Steven Thomas Finn (born 4 April 1989) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler, who also bats right-handed. At the age of 16, he became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest-ever debutant in first-class cricket. He made his England Test debut in 2010 against Bangladesh. He lives in Brighton. I... |
5917456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Patrol | Northern Patrol | The Northern Patrol, also known as Cruiser Force B and the Northern Patrol Force, was an operation of the British Royal Navy during the First World War and Second World War. The Patrol was part of the British "distant" blockade of Germany. Its main task was to prevent trade to and from Germany by checking merchant ship... |
5917482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20influences%20and%20analogues | Harry Potter influences and analogues | Writer J. K. Rowling cites several writers as influences in her creation of her bestselling Harry Potter series. Writers, journalists and critics have noted that the books also have a number of analogues; a wide range of literature, both classical and modern, which Rowling has not openly cited as influences.
This arti... |
5917798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga%20Khan%20Agency%20for%20Microfinance | Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance | Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) is a microfinancing agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.
History
AKAM was formally inaugurated in February 2005 by Aga Khan IV and the former president of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn. The not-for-profit agency was created under Swiss law and is based in Geneva, Swit... |
5918836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind%20Willow%2C%20Sleeping%20Woman | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | is a collection of 24 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.
The stories contained in the book were written between 1980 and 2005, and published in Japan in various magazines and collections. The contents of this compilation was selected by Murakami and first published in English translation in 2006 (its Ja... |
5918986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship%20in%20Thailand | Censorship in Thailand | Censorship in Thailand involves the strict control of political news under successive governments, including by harassment and manipulation.
Freedom of speech was guaranteed in 1997 and those guarantees continue in 2007. Mechanisms for censorship have included strict lèse-majesté laws, direct government/military contr... |
5919308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Hadoop | Apache Hadoop | Apache Hadoop () is a collection of open-source software utilities that facilitates using a network of many computers to solve problems involving massive amounts of data and computation. It provides a software framework for distributed storage and processing of big data using the MapReduce programming model. Hadoop was... |
5919322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Kovel | Joel Kovel | Joel Stephen Kovel (August 27, 1936 – April 30, 2018) was an American scholar and author known as a founder of eco-socialism. Kovel became a psychoanalyst, but he abandoned psychoanalysis in 1985.
Background
Kovel was born on August 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, immigrant Jews, were Louis Kovel (an ac... |
5919359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20NFL%20season | 2010 NFL season | The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 45th of the Super Bowl era.
The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, the Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikin... |
5919464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20P.%20Delgado | James P. Delgado | James Preston Delgado (born January 11, 1958) is a maritime archaeologist, historian, maritime preservation expert, author, television host, and explorer.
Delgado is a maritime archaeologist who has spent over four decades in underwater exploration. A veteran of over 100 shipwreck investigations around the world, his ... |
5919718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Syfy | List of programs broadcast by Syfy | The following is a list of TV programs for the American channel Syfy, including both original and acquired programming.
Current programming
The following programs first aired in their entirety or had specific seasons on American Syfy channel. Programs running on the present schedule are listed below.
Drama
Comedy
C... |
5919849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune | Zune | Zune is a discontinued brand of digital media products and services that was marketed by Microsoft from November 2006 until June 2012. Zune consisted of a line of portable media players, a music subscription service known as Zune Music Pass plus Zune Marketplace for music, TV and movies, streaming services for the Xbox... |
5919853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Women | New Women | New Women () is a 1935 Chinese silent drama film produced by the United Photoplay Service. It is sometimes translated as New Woman. The film starred Ruan Lingyu (in her penultimate film) and was directed by Cai Chusheng. This film became one of Ruan Lingyu’s better known works. Her suicide on International Women’s day ... |
5920103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Fairtrade%20Certification%20Mark | International Fairtrade Certification Mark | The 'International Fairtrede Certification Mark is an independent certification mark used in over 69 countries. It appears on products as an independent guarantee that a product has been produced according to Fairtrade political standards.
The Fairtrade Mark is owned and protected by Fairtrade International (FLO), on ... |
5920279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eeyr | Þeyr | Þeyr () was an Icelandic new wave band from the early 1980s.
Origins
The origins of Þeyr date back to the late 1970s when singer Magnús Guðmundsson, bassist Hilmar Örn Agnarsson and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (drums and synthesizer) were playing in a garage band called Fellibylur (Hurricane). The band was expanded with voc... |
5920611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20Mike | Magic Mike | Magic Mike is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a 19-year-old who enters the world of male stripping, guided by Mike Lane, who has been in the business for six y... |
5920649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20D.%20Sack | Robert D. Sack | Robert David Sack (born October 4, 1939) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sack was raised in Brooklyn, New York. His father was Eugene Sack, who served as rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim... |
5920671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis%20Spanoulis | Vassilis Spanoulis | Vassilis Spanoulis (also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis or Billy Spanoulis, ; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach for Peristeri Athens of the Greek Basket League and the FIBA Champions League. On Monday 2 October 2023, Spanoulis was also annou... |
5921339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity%E2%80%93attribute%E2%80%93value%20model | Entity–attribute–value model | An entity–attribute–value model (EAV) is a data model optimized for the space-efficient storage of sparse—or ad-hoc—property or data values, intended for situations where runtime usage patterns are arbitrary, subject to user variation, or otherwise unforeseeable using a fixed design. The use-case targets applications ... |
5923637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Friends%20and%20Joey%20characters | List of Friends and Joey characters | Various characters appeared in the sitcom Friends and its spin-off series Joey, which respectively aired for ten seasons and two seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2006. Friends featured six main cast members: Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani... |
5923905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacritin | Lacritin | Lacritin is a 12.3 kDa glycoprotein encoded in humans by the LACRT gene. Lacritin's discovery emerged from a screen for factors that stimulate tear protein secretion. Lacritin is a secreted protein found in tears and saliva. Lacritin also promotes tear secretion, the proliferation and survival of epithelial cells, and... |
5924097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Pearce | Adam Pearce | Adam John Pearce (born June 24, 1978) is an American professional wrestling executive and retired professional wrestler. He is currently employed by WWE as Director of Live Events, producer, trainer, and on-screen general manager of the Raw brand. He is a former five-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, NWA British Com... |
5924135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanngeorgenstadt | Johanngeorgenstadt | Johanngeorgenstadt () is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, on the border with the Czech Republic, is a state-recognized health resort (Erholungsort), and calls itself Stadt des Schwibbogens (“Schwibbogen Town”). ... |
5925168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20monarchies | List of monarchies | There are and have been throughout recorded history a great many monarchies in the world.
Tribal kingship and Chiefdoms have been the most widespread form of social organisation from the Neolithic, and the predominance of monarchies has declined only with the rise of Republicanism in the modern era.
A monarchical for... |
5925685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%20Joey%20%28musical%29 | Pal Joey (musical) | Pal Joey is a 1940 musical with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The musical is based on a character and situations O'Hara created in a series of short stories published in The New Yorker, which he later published in novel form. The title character, Joey Evans, is a manipul... |
5926097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman%20Lake | Kingman Lake | Kingman Lake is a artificial lake located in the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The lake was created in 1920 when the United States Army Corps of Engineers used material dredged from the Anacostia River to create Kingman Island. The Corps of Engineers largely blocked the flow of the Anacost... |
5926926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollei%2035 | Rollei 35 | The Rollei 35 is a 35mm miniature viewfinder camera built by Rollei. The original Rollei 35, when introduced at photokina in 1966, was the smallest existing 135 film camera. The Rollei 35 series remains one of the smallest 35 mm cameras after the Minox 35 and Minolta TC-1. In 30 years, about 2 million Rollei 35 series ... |
5928345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient%20safety%20organization | Patient safety organization | A Patient Safety Organization (PSO) is a group, institution, or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. Common functions of patient safety organizations are data collection, analysis, reporting, education, funding, and advocacy. A PSO differs from a Federally designed Patient Safety Organiza... |
5928395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Terrapins | Maryland Terrapins | The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. Maryland was a founding member of the Southern Conference i... |
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