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6035530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox%20360%20technical%20problems | Xbox 360 technical problems | The Xbox 360 video game console is subject to a number of technical problems and failures that can render it unusable. However, many of the issues can be identified by a series of glowing red lights flashing on the face of the console; the three flashing red lights nicknamed the "Red Ring of Death" or the "RRoD" being ... |
6035930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Norwalk%2C%20Connecticut | History of Norwalk, Connecticut | The history of Norwalk, Connecticut ranges from pre-contact cultures and Native Americans to the 21st century.
Population
Pre-Contact
During an era when Europeans had discovered the New World, Native Americans had unquestionably inhabited the area later recorded in history as Norwalk, Connecticut. Even before then ... |
6036140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert%20Combs | Bert Combs | Bertram Thomas Combs (August 13, 1911 – December 4, 1991) was an American jurist and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office. Following his gubernatorial term, he was appointed to ... |
6036256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds%20International%20Film%20Festival | Leeds International Film Festival | The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is the largest film festival in England outside London. Founded in 1987, it is held in November at various venues throughout Leeds, West Yorkshire. In 2022, the festival showed 140 films from 78 different countries, shorts and features, both commercial and independent.
LIFF... |
6036786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Xbox%20360%20accessories | List of Xbox 360 accessories | The Xbox 360 game console, developed by Microsoft, features a number of first-party and third-party accessories.
Game controllers/Gamepads
Xbox 360 controllers
Up to four controllers are able to connect to Xbox 360, including wired and wireless gamepads. The wireless controllers run on either AA batteries (Alkaline... |
6037347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Gintama%20characters | List of Gintama characters | The characters from the anime and manga series Gintama were created by Hideaki Sorachi. The story is set in Edo, the "Land of the Samurai", which has been invaded by aliens named Amanto, who subsequently coexist with humans. Despite the time, there are various advanced technologies and even spaceships which allow peopl... |
6037917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam | Islam | Islam (; , , ) is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam, called Muslims, number approximately 1.9 billion globally and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians.
Muslims believe that Islam is the c... |
6038232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Headroom | Max Headroom | Max Headroom is a fictional character played by actor Matt Frewer. Advertised as "the first computer-generated TV presenter", Max was known for his biting commentary on a variety of topical issues, arrogant wit, stuttering, and pitch-shifting voice. The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky M... |
6038672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardhaman%20Raj | Bardhaman Raj | The Bardhaman Raj (, ), also known as Burdwan Raj, was a zamindari Raja estate that flourished from about 1657 to 1955 in the Indian state of West Bengal. Maharaja Sangam Rai Kapoor, a Khatri from Kotli, Punjab, who was the first member of the family to settle in Bardhaman, was the original founder of the house of Bard... |
6038783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciples%20of%20Ramakrishna | Disciples of Ramakrishna | Ramakrishna Paramhansa Deva had sixteen direct disciples (other than Swami Vivekananda) who became monks of the Ramakrishna Order; they are often considered his apostles. In the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda movement, the apostles have played an important role. Apart from Swami Vivekananda, the direct disciples or apostles o... |
6038794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin%20Goyenda | Tin Goyenda | Tin Goyenda ( ) is a series of juvenile detective novels written by Rakib Hasan and published in Bangladesh by Sheba Prokashoni. The Tin Goyenda series is a subseries of Kishore Thriller (juvenile thriller) series of Sheba Prokashoni. Apart from Tin Goyenda, Kishore Thriller Adventure is another subseries. The books we... |
6039093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20National%20Football%20League%20in%20Los%20Angeles | History of the National Football League in Los Angeles | The National Football League (NFL) has had a long and complicated history in Los Angeles, the second-largest media market in the United States. Los Angeles was the first city on the West Coast to host an NFL team, when the Cleveland Rams relocated to Los Angeles in 1946 and played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum f... |
6039199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20and%20HG%27s%20State%20of%20Origin%20commentary | Roy and HG's State of Origin commentary | Broadcast on the Triple J radio station to simulcast with the annual three-game rugby league State of Origin series, Australian comedians Roy and HG (played by John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver) provide a commentary of the match at hand. An extension of the duo's This Sporting Life radio program, also on Triple J, Roy and... |
6039552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas%20II%20of%20Persia | Abbas II of Persia | Abbas II (; born Soltan Mohammad Mirza; 30 August 1632 – 26 October 1666) was the seventh Shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1642 to 1666. As the eldest son of Safi and his Circassian wife, Anna Khanum, he inherited the throne when he was nine, and had to rely on a regency led by Saru Taqi, the erstwhile grand vizier of... |
6039968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Jr.%20%28British%20and%20Irish%20TV%20channel%29 | Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel) | Nick Jr. is a British pay television channel owned and operated by Paramount Networks UK & Australia. The channel is aimed at preschool children.
History
Nick Jr. was first broadcast in the UK and Ireland on 1 September 1993 during the daytime hours from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on weekdays on Nickelodeon, though these hours... |
6040372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology%20of%20dinosaurs | Physiology of dinosaurs | The physiology of dinosaurs has historically been a controversial subject, particularly their thermoregulation. Recently, many new lines of evidence have been brought to bear on dinosaur physiology generally, including not only metabolic systems and thermoregulation, but on respiratory and cardiovascular systems as wel... |
6040376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameplay%20of%20Pok%C3%A9mon | Gameplay of Pokémon | Pokémon involves catching and training of fictional creatures called "Pokémon" and using them to battle other Trainer's pokémon. Each successive generation of games builds upon this concept by introducing new Pokémon items, and gameplay concepts.
Game structure
Each game in the Pokémon series takes place in a fiction... |
6041110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201946%E2%80%9347 | English cricket team in Australia in 1946–47 | The English cricket team in Australia in 1946–47 was captained by Wally Hammond, with Norman Yardley as his vice-captain and Bill Edrich as the senior professional. It played as England in the 1946–47 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. They were regarded as a sound t... |
6041155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201950%E2%80%9351 | English cricket team in Australia in 1950–51 | Freddie Brown captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1950–51, playing as England in the 1950-51 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. They were regarded as a weak team - some critics wanted to cancel the tour - and failed to regain the Ashes. However, these ... |
6041302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201958%E2%80%9359 | English cricket team in Australia in 1958–59 | Peter May captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1958–59, playing as England in the 1958–59 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. It was widely regarded as one of the strongest teams to depart English shores, comparable with the great teams of Johnny Douglas... |
6041628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motul%20de%20San%20Jos%C3%A9 | Motul de San José | Motul de San José is an ancient Maya site (known anciently as Ik'a, 'Windy Water') located just north of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It is a few kilometres from the modern village of San José, in Guatemala's northern department of Petén. A medium-sized civic-ceremonial centr... |
6041930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20American%20League%20Division%20Series | 2001 American League Division Series | The 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2001 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 9, and ended on Monday, October 15, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
(1) Seattle Mariner... |
6042074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Quixote%20%28ballet%29 | Don Quixote (ballet) | Don Quixote is a ballet in three acts, based on episodes taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and first presented by Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet on . Petipa and Minkus revised the ballet into a more elabor... |
6042126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo%20Organ | Bamboo Organ | The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas, Philippines, is a 19th-century church organ. It is known for its unique organ pipes; of its 1031 pipes, 902 are made of bamboo. It was completed after 6 years of work in 1824 by Father Diego Cera, the builder of the town's stone church and its first r... |
6042270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Golden%20Ball%20and%20Other%20Stories | The Golden Ball and Other Stories | The Golden Ball and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1971 in an edition priced at $5.95. It contains fifteen short stories, all of which were originally published from 1925 through 1934. The stories were taken from The Liste... |
6042775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rivers%20of%20England | List of rivers of England | This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the Welsh border, and again from the Wye on the Welsh border anti-clockwise to th... |
6042783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Wales | List of rivers of Wales | This is a list of rivers of Wales, organised geographically. It is taken anti-clockwise from the Dee Estuary to the M48 Bridge that separates the estuary of the River Wye from the River Severn.
Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction, starting with those closest to the sea. The main stem (or prin... |
6043016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20130001%E2%80%93131000 | List of minor planets: 130001–131000 |
130001–130100
|-bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 130001 || || — || November 3, 1999 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 2.8 km ||
|-id=002 bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 130002 || || — || November 3, 1999 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 4.5 km ||
|-id=003 bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 130003 || || — || November 10, 1999 || Socorro ... |
6043029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20131001%E2%80%93132000 | List of minor planets: 131001–132000 |
131001–131100
|-bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 131001 || || — || November 27, 2000 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 1.8 km ||
|-id=002 bgcolor=#fefefe
| 131002 || || — || November 18, 2000 || Anderson Mesa || LONEOS || — || align=right | 1.6 km ||
|-id=003 bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 131003 || || — || November 19, 2000 || ... |
6043042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20132001%E2%80%93133000 | List of minor planets: 132001–133000 |
132001–132100
|-bgcolor=#fefefe
| 132001 || || — || February 7, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || MAS || align=right | 1.8 km ||
|-id=002 bgcolor=#fefefe
| 132002 || || — || February 7, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || MAS || align=right | 1.4 km ||
|-id=003 bgcolor=#fefefe
| 132003 || || — || February 7, 2002 || Socor... |
6043051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20133001%E2%80%93134000 | List of minor planets: 133001–134000 |
133001–133100
|-bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 133001 || || — || October 10, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 2.6 km ||
|-id=002 bgcolor=#d6d6d6
| 133002 || || — || October 10, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || INA || align=right | 7.6 km ||
|-id=003 bgcolor=#d6d6d6
| 133003 || || — || October 10, 2002 || Socorro... |
6043072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20134001%E2%80%93135000 | List of minor planets: 134001–135000 |
134001–134100
|-bgcolor=#d6d6d6
| 134001 || || — || November 3, 2004 || Anderson Mesa || LONEOS || — || align=right | 3.7 km ||
|-id=002 bgcolor=#E9E9E9
| 134002 || || — || November 3, 2004 || Anderson Mesa || LONEOS || — || align=right | 4.8 km ||
|-id=003 bgcolor=#d6d6d6
| 134003 Ingridgalinsky || || || Nov... |
6043849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20clause | Small clause | In linguistics, a small clause consists of a subject and its predicate, but lacks an overt expression of tense. Small clauses have the semantic subject-predicate characteristics of a clause, and have some, but not all, the properties of a constituent. Structural analyses of small clauses vary according to whether a fla... |
6044476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease%20theory%20of%20alcoholism | Disease theory of alcoholism | The modern disease theory of alcoholism states that problem drinking is sometimes caused by a disease of the brain, characterized by altered brain structure and function.
The largest association of physicians – the American Medical Association (AMA) – declared that alcoholism was an illness in 1956. In 1991, the AMA f... |
6044849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay%20Commission | Pay Commission | Pay Commission is set up by Government of India, and gives its recommendations regarding changes in salary structure of its employees set up in 1947, Since India's Independence, seven pay commissions have been set up on a regular basis to review and make recommendations on the work and pay structure of all civil and mi... |
6044968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Film%20Festival%20of%20Bangkok | World Film Festival of Bangkok | The World Film Festival of Bangkok () is an annual international film festival held in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 15th World Film Festival of Bangkok, the latest edition of World Film Festival of Bangkok, is held from December 2 to December 11, 2022.
History
Nation Multimedia Group, a media company based in Thailand, or... |
6045065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Lebanon%20conflict%20%281985%E2%80%932000%29 | South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) | The South Lebanon conflict, designated by Israel as the Security Zone in Lebanon Campaign, was a protracted armed conflict that took place in southern Lebanon from 1985 to 2000. It saw fighting between Israel and the Catholic Christian-dominated South Lebanon Army (SLA) against Hezbollah-led Shia Muslim and left-wing g... |
6045187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantos%20of%20the%20Kalevala | Cantos of the Kalevala | This is a summary of the cantos of the Kalevala.
The Kalevala is considered the national epic of Finland. It was compiled and edited from the songs of numerous folk singers by Elias Lönnrot while he was a district health officer in eastern Finland, at that time under the governance of Russia as Grand Duchy of Finland.... |
6045840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20and%20Sikhism | Islam and Sikhism | Islam is an Abrahamic religion founded in the Arabian Peninsula, while Sikhism is an Indian religion founded in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Islam means 'submission to god'. The word Sikh is derived from a word meaning 'disciple', or one who learns.
Sikhs believe that the 'creator and creation are on... |
6046094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20%22Rochester%22%20Anderson | Eddie "Rochester" Anderson | Edmund Lincoln Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American actor and comedian. To a generation of early radio and television comedy he was known as "Rochester".
Anderson entered show business as a teenager on the vaudeville circuit. In the early 1930s, he transitioned into films and radio. In 193... |
6046528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron%20saints%20of%20places | Patron saints of places | This is a list of patron saints of places by nation, region, and town or city. If a place is not listed here, it may be listed in "Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary".
Continents
Geographical regions
Countries
This list only includes sovereign states. Subdivisions, such as the constituent countries of the United... |
6046778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berakhot%20%28tractate%29 | Berakhot (tractate) | Berakhot (, lit. "Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances.
Since a large part of the tractate is concerned with the many berakhot ()... |
6046838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis%20R.%20Whitney | Willis R. Whitney | Willis Rodney Whitney (August 22, 1868 – January 9, 1958) was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He is known as the "father of industrial research" in the United States for blending the worlds of research and industry together; which at the time, were two very di... |
6047034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Compound | Russian Compound | The Russian Compound (, Migraš ha-Rusim, , al-Muskubīya, ) is one of the oldest districts in central Jerusalem, featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim hostels, some of which are... |
6047168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grounds%20for%20divorce%20%28United%20States%29 | Grounds for divorce (United States) | Grounds for divorce are regulations specifying the circumstances under which a person will be granted a divorce. Each state in the United States has its own set of grounds. A person must state the reason they want a divorce at a divorce trial and be able to prove that this reason is well-founded.
Several states require... |
6047273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinchronicity | Sinchronicity | Sinchronicity is a six-part comedy-drama series broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom (16 July 2006 — 20 August 2006). Set in Manchester, the programme is narrated by Nathan (Paul Chequer) and focuses on the love triangle of him, Fi (Jemima Rooper), and Jase (Daniel Percival). The programme is executive produced... |
6047432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C5%A1%C4%87e%2C%20Belgrade | Ušće, Belgrade | Ušće (; pronounced ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd. Ušće is located on the mouth of the Sava river into the Danube, thus the name (ušće is Serbian for confluence). It occupies Novi Beograd's Blocks 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16 on the Sava'... |
6047998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20Ecology | Sexual Ecology | Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men is a 1997 book by gay activist Gabriel Rotello, who discusses why HIV has continued to infect large numbers of gay men despite the widespread use of condoms and why a number of experts believe that new HIV infections will disproportionately affect gay men in the future. R... |
6048617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6ssbauer%20spectroscopy | Mössbauer spectroscopy | Mössbauer spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique based on the Mössbauer effect. This effect, discovered by Rudolf Mössbauer (sometimes written "Moessbauer", German: "Mößbauer") in 1958, consists of the nearly recoil-free emission and absorption of nuclear gamma rays in solids. The consequent nuclear spectroscopy met... |
6048708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2026 | August 26 |
Events
Pre-1600
683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah.
1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
1278 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of B... |
6048857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Fiesta%20Bowl | 2003 Fiesta Bowl | The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that was the designated Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game for the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, taking place on January 3, 2003 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Ohio State Buckeyes, co-champions of the Big Ten Co... |
6049434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Gorsuch | Neil Gorsuch | Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since April 10, 2017.
Gorsuch spent his early life in Denver, Colorado, then lived in Bethesd... |
6049880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Llorente | Fernando Llorente | Fernando Javier Llorente Torres (; born 26 February 1985), nicknamed El Rey León ("The Lion King" in Spanish), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He started his career with Athletic Bilbao, working his way through the various youth ranks and, after making his first team debut in 2005,... |
6050453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin-Prince%20Boateng | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Kevin-Prince Boateng (; born 6 March 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. Born in Germany, he played for the Ghana national team.
Coming through the youth system, Boateng began his career at Hertha BSC, before joining Tottenham Hotspur in England. After a short loan spell wi... |
6050741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination%20of%20Ziaur%20Rahman | Assassination of Ziaur Rahman | Ziaur Rahman, the sixth president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army, on 30 May 1981, in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong. Rahman went to Chittagong to arbitrate in a clash between the local leaders of his political party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On the night ... |
6050835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECR%20N%20class | SECR N class | The SECR N class was a type of 2-6-0 ("mogul") steam locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for mixed-traffic duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR). Built between 1917 and 1934, it was the first non-Great Western Railway (GWR) type to use and improve upon the basic design principles establishe... |
6051531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulle | Bulle | Bulle (; ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême.
History
Ancient times
Bulle is first mentioned in the 9th century as Butulum. In 1200 it was mentioned as Bollo. The municip... |
6051614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarians%20in%20Slovakia | Hungarians in Slovakia | Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia. According to the 2021 Slovak census, 456,154 people (or 8.37% of the population) declared themselves Hungarian, while 462,175 (8.48% of the population) stated that Hungarian was their mother tongue.
Hungarians in Slovakia are concentrated mostly in the southern p... |
6051684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare%20Island%20%28New%20South%20Wales%29 | Bare Island (New South Wales) | Bare Island is a heritage-listed islet located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in La Perouse in the City of Randwick local government area in the state of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The islet is located about south east of the Sydney central business district, within Botany Bay, close to the bay's northe... |
6051822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Southeast%20Asian%20haze | 2006 Southeast Asian haze | The 2006 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution event caused by continuous, uncontrolled burning from "slash and burn" cultivation in Indonesia, which affected several countries in the Southeast Asian region and beyond, including Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, and as far away as Saipan; the effects of the... |
6052050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20%26%20Conquer%203%3A%20Tiberium%20Wars | Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a 2007 science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for Windows, Mac OS X and Xbox 360 platforms, and released internationally in March 2007. The game is a direct sequel to the 1999 game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, and takes place ro... |
6052711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimation%20crisis | Legitimation crisis | Legitimation crisis refers to a decline in the confidence of administrative functions, institutions, or leadership. The term was first introduced in 1973 by Jürgen Habermas, a German sociologist and philosopher. Habermas expanded upon the concept, claiming that with a legitimation crisis, an institution or organization... |
6052935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyokiss | Tsuyokiss | is a Japanese visual novel that has been adapted into an anime television series directed by Shinichiro Kimura. The story focuses on a group of students at a high school and the various romantic attachments that the characters feel for each another.
Tsuyokiss originally began as an eroge for Windows by video game deve... |
6053359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Liberals%20%28Australia%29 | Young Liberals (Australia) | The Young Liberal Movement of Australia, commonly referred to as the Young Liberals, is the youth movement of the Liberal Party of Australia representing members aged 16 to 31. It is organised as a federation with each state and territory division responsible for their own campaigns, policy platform and strategic direc... |
6053486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20Desmond%20Rebellion | Second Desmond Rebellion | The Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions in Ireland launched by the FitzGerald Dynasty of Desmond in Munster against English rule. The second rebellion began in July 1579 when James FitzMaurice FitzGerald landed in Ireland with a force of Papal troops, tr... |
6053531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201962%E2%80%9363 | English cricket team in Australia in 1962–63 | The England cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand between October 1962 and March 1963 with a one-match stopover in Colombo, en route to Australia. The tour was organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and, in all matches other than Tests, the team was called MCC. In Australia, the tour itinerary consisted of ... |
6053554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against%20the%20Day | Against the Day | Against the Day is an epic historical novel by Thomas Pynchon, published in 2006. The narrative takes place between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the time immediately following World War I and features more than a hundred characters spread across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia, Africa and "one or t... |
6053610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201965%E2%80%9366 | English cricket team in Australia in 1965–66 | M.J.K. Smith captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1965–66, playing as England in the 1965-66 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. The 5-Tests series ended in 1–1 draw. Although they failed to reclaim the Ashes this was not unexpected as the Australian pre... |
6053709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201970%E2%80%9371 | English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71 | Ray Illingworth captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71, playing as England in the 1970–71 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. They had a successful tour; however, it was an acrimonious one, as Illingworth's team often argued with their own manageme... |
6053789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20cricket%20team%20in%20Australia%20in%201974%E2%80%9375 | English cricket team in Australia in 1974–75 | Mike Denness captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1974–75, playing as England in the 1974-75 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. They lost the Test series and the Ashes 4–1 thanks to the battering they received from the fast bowling of Dennis Lillee and ... |
6053859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20cricket%20team%20in%20England%20in%201977 | Australian cricket team in England in 1977 | The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1977 season to play five Test matches for the 1977 Ashes series against England. The Australians also played three one day internationals and 19 other tour matches.
The Australian side had been quite strong in the early 1970s and had won the previous two Ashes series, ... |
6053928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Davidson%20%28photographer%29 | Bruce Davidson (photographer) | Bruce Landon Davidson (born September 5, 1933) is an American photographer. He has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published. He is known for photographing communities usually hostile to outsiders.
Biogr... |
6054604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar%20of%20saints%20%28Episcopal%20Church%29 | Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church) | The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church (United States) is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and influential people of the Christian faith. The usage of the term saint is similar to Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Episcopalians believe in the communion ... |
6054661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20War%20Memorial%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | National War Memorial (New Zealand) | The National War Memorial of New Zealand is located next to the Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. The war memorial was dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day (25 April) in commemoration of the First World War. It also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in ... |
6054939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardwulf%20of%20Northumbria | Eardwulf of Northumbria | Eardwulf (fl. 790 – 830) was king of Northumbria from 796 to 806, when he was deposed and went into exile. He may have had a second reign from 808 until perhaps 811 or 830. Northumbria in the last years of the eighth century was the scene of dynastic strife between several noble families: in 790, king Æthelred I attem... |
6055068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesbury%20%28UK%20Parliament%20constituency%29 | Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency) | Wednesbury was a borough constituency in England's Black Country which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Wednesbury became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act 1867, ta... |
6055195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Beda%20Fomm | Battle of Beda Fomm | The rapid British advance during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941) forced the Italian 10th Army to evacuate Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya. In late January, the British learned that the Italians were retreating along the Litoranea Balbo () from Benghazi. The 7th Armoured Division (Major-Ge... |
6055468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Security%20Organization | National Security Organization | The National Security Organization (NSO) of Nigeria, or Nigerian Security Organization, was created under Decree number 27 of 1976 by the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, after the failed Dimka coup which claimed the life of former Head of State Gen. Murtala Mohammed. The NSO was given a mandate of co-ordina... |
6056045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business%20rates%20in%20England | Business rates in England | Business rates in England, or non-domestic rates, are a tax on the occupation of non-domestic property (National Non-Domestic Rates; NNDR). Rates are a property tax with ancient roots that was formerly used to fund local services that was formalised with the Poor Law 1572 and superseded by the Poor Law of 1601. The Loc... |
6056167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Empowerment%20Television | National Empowerment Television | National Empowerment Television (NET), later known as America's Voice and eventually The Renaissance Network, was a cable TV network designed to rapidly mobilize politically conservative individuals for grassroots lobbying on behalf of the movement's policy aims. It was created by Paul Weyrich, a veteran strategist for... |
6056628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rachel | The Rachel | The Rachel haircut, commonly known as simply "The Rachel", is an eponymous hairstyle popularized by American actress Jennifer Aniston. Named after Rachel Green, the character she played on the American sitcom Friends (1994–2004), Aniston debuted the haircut during the show's first season, and continued to wear it throu... |
6056792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahon%20Tribunal | Mahon Tribunal | The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments, commonly known as the Mahon Tribunal after the name of its last chairman, was a public inquiry in Ireland established by Dáil Éireann in 1997 to investigate allegations of corrupt payments to politicians regarding political decisions. It mostly investi... |
6056944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Wellington | Fort Wellington | Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario. The military fortification was used by the British Army, and the Canadian militia for most of the 19th century, and by the militia in the 20th century, until 1923, when ... |
6057646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal%20Frame%20%28video%20game%29 | Fatal Frame (video game) | Fatal Frame is a survival horror video game developed by Tecmo for the PlayStation 2. The first installment in the Fatal Frame / Project Zero series, it was released in 2001 in Japan and 2002 in North America and Europe. An enhanced port for the Xbox was released in 2002 in North America and 2003 in Japan and Europe. T... |
6057779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%20Zhi%20%28pirate%29 | Wang Zhi (pirate) | Wang Zhi (), art name Wufeng (), was a Chinese pirate lord of the 16th century, one of the main figures among the wokou pirates prevalent during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. Originally a salt merchant, Wang Zhi turned to smuggling during the Ming dynasty's period of maritime prohibitions banning all private overse... |
6057947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Alternative%20Policing%20Strategy | Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy | Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) is a community driven policing strategy designed for the Chicago Police Department that aims to bridge the gap between the police force and the citizens of Chicago. CAPS started in 1993 as a pilot program in five of the 25 police districts in Chicago - Englewood, Marquette, ... |
6058021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla%20El | Layla El | Layla El (born 25 June 1977) is an English retired professional wrestler, dancer and model. She is best known for her tenure with WWE from 2006 to 2015, where she performed under the mononymous ring name Layla. She danced for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the National Basketball Association, and Ka... |
6058356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20de%20Amaral | Olga de Amaral | Olga de Amaral (born 1932) is a Colombian textile and visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf. Because of her ability to reconcile local concerns with international developments, de Amaral became one of the few artists from South America to become ... |
6058500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Toucher%20and%20Rich%20Show | The Toucher and Rich Show | Toucher and Rich is a Marconi Award-winning morning radio show from 6 to 10 AM on The Sports Hub 98.5 WBZ-FM, in Boston, Massachusetts. The show first aired on June 5, 2006. On August 13, 2009, following the demise of WBCN, the show moved to sports talk station WBZ-FM 98.5 The Sports Hub.
On September 24, 2016, Touche... |
6058875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20African%20Overseas%20Expeditionary%20Force | South African Overseas Expeditionary Force | The South African Overseas Expeditionary Force (SAOEF) was a volunteer military organisation in World War I.
Organisation
The South African government formed the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force (SAOEF) in July 1915, as part of its contribution to the British war effort against the Central Powers. As South A... |
6059245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20identity | Canadian identity | Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world. Primary influences on the Canadian identity trace back to the arrival, beginning in the early sev... |
6059460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Southee | Tim Southee | Timothy Grant Southee (born 11 December 1988), is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays for New Zealand cricket team in all formats of the game, captain in Tests and vice captain in T20Is. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 Tes... |
6059486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20depictions%20of%20spiders | Cultural depictions of spiders | Throughout history, spiders have been depicted in popular culture, mythology and in symbolism. From Greek mythology to African folklore, the spider has been used to represent a variety of things, and endures into the present day with characters such as Shelob from The Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man from the eponymous... |
6059700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlehead | Castlehead | Castlehead is a district of Paisley in Scotland. It is a heavily wooded area of Victorian villas where many of Paisley's most influential industrialists and professionals made their homes as a nineteenth-century industrial boom town became overcrowded.
Early history
In the Middle Ages Castlehead made up part of the... |
6060192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South%20differences%20in%20the%20Korean%20language | North–South differences in the Korean language | The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated.
The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (), which continued to be used by both Korean states after the end of Japanese rule in 1945. But with ... |
6060518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20the%20Netherlands | Religion in the Netherlands | Religion in the Netherlands was historically dominated by Christianity between the 10th and 20th centuries. In the late 19th century, roughly 60% of the population was Calvinist and 35% was Catholic. Since then, there has been a significant decline in both Catholic and Protestant Christianity, with Protestantism declin... |
6061637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk%20rig | Junk rig | The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.
While relatively uncommon in use among modern production sailboats, the rig's advantages of e... |
6061925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Quintanilla | Carlos Quintanilla | Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga (22 January 1888 – 8 June 1964) was a Bolivian general who served as the 37th president of Bolivia on a provisional basis from 1939 to 1940. Quintanilla saw action in the initial stages of the Chaco War (1932–1935) and managed to ascend the echelon of the Bolivian armed forces until he became... |
6062085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri%20River%20water%20dispute | Kaveri River water dispute | The sharing of waters of the Kaveri River has been the source of a serious conflict between the two Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The genesis of this conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the Madras Presidency and Kingdom of Mysore. The Kaveri river has 44,000 km2 basin area in Tamil ... |
6062210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Makings%20of%20Me | The Makings of Me | The Makings of Me is the fifth studio album by American singer Monica. It was released by J Records on October 3, 2006, in the United States. Built upon the hip hop, gospel and modern quiet storm styles of its predecessor, After the Storm (2003), Monica envisioned her follow-up project to sound as close knit and intima... |
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