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6095325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh%20flood%20myth | Gilgamesh flood myth | The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Many scholars believe that the flood myth was added to Tablet XI in the "standard version" of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who used the flood story from the Epic of Atrahasis. A short reference to the flood myth is also present in the much older Sume... |
6095514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Old%20Newingtonians | List of Old Newingtonians | This page lists notable Old Newingtonians, alumni of the GPS Uniting Church school Newington College in Sydney, Australia. Enrolment years at Newington are bracketed following the surname.
Royal, vice regal & chiefs
HM King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1934–1938) – former King of Tonga
HRH Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi (18... |
6095951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20Support%20Program | System Support Program | System Support Program (SSP) was the operating system of the IBM System/34 and System/36 minicomputers. SSP was a command-based operating system released in 1977.
History
SSP originally contained 60 or so commands that were implemented on the System/34 from 1977 to 1983 in different versions called releases. Release... |
6096140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%207th%20Heaven%20characters | List of 7th Heaven characters | This is a list of characters from The WB/The CW (1996–2007) family drama, 7th Heaven.
Overview
= Main cast (credited)
= Recurring cast (4+)
= Guest cast (1-3)
The Camden family
The Camdens are made up of Eric and Annie and their seven children: Matt, Mary, Lucy, Simon, Ruthie, Sam, and David.
Eric Camden
... |
6096171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Vertonghen | Jan Vertonghen | Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen (born 24 April 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Pro League club Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left-back.
Vertonghen began his senior career at Dutch club Ajax in 2006 and totalled 220 games and 28 goals for ... |
6096543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Shield%20International | Blue Shield International | The Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross", its name derives from the blue... |
6096773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship%20in%20Germany | Censorship in Germany | Germany has taken many forms throughout the history of censorship in the country. Various regimes have restricted the press, cinema, literature, and other entertainment venues. In contemporary Germany, the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) generally guarantees freedom of press, speech, and opinion.
Today, censorship is mainly ... |
6096883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Jacobs | Dennis Jacobs | Dennis Jacobs (born February 28, 1944) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Education and career
Born and raised in New York City, Jacobs graduated from Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, Queens, and from Queens College of the City University of ... |
6097127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysdera | Dysdera | Dysdera is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. They originated from Central Asia to Central Europe.
The family has gained many common names from their individual species, including the "European garden spider", the "slater-eating spider", the "sow-bug killer... |
6097209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson%20Scott%20Card | Orson Scott Card | Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature fi... |
6097240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis ( ), officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in the state of Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County. As of the 2020 census the population was 429,954, making it the state's largest city. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mis... |
6097297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux | Linux | Linux ( ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution (distro), which includes the kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of wh... |
6097382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20Basic%20%28classic%29 | Visual Basic (classic) | The original Visual Basic (also referred to as Classic Visual Basic) is a third-generation event-driven programming language from Microsoft known for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model first released in 1991 and declared legacy during 2008. Microsoft intended Visual Basic to be relatively easy to learn ... |
6097490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra%20Morgan | Debra Morgan | Debra Charlotte Morgan (spelled Deborah in the novels) is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his Dexter book series. She also appears in the television series, based on Lindsay's books, portrayed by Jennifer Carpenter. In Lindsay's novels, she first appeared in Darkly Dreaming Dexter and was featured in ... |
6097823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1986 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1986 in the United Kingdom. It is particularly noted for the "Big Bang" deregulation of the financial markets.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
Parliament – 49th
Events
January
January – The Vauxhall Belmont compact saloon goes on sale, givin... |
6098513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthals%20in%20popular%20culture | Neanderthals in popular culture | Neanderthals have been depicted in popular culture since the early 20th century. Early depictions conveyed and perpetuated notions of proverbially crude, low-browed cavemen; since the latter part of the 20th century, some depictions have modeled more sympathetic reconstructions of the genus Homo in the Middle Paleolith... |
6098910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%20Brothers%20O%27Farrell%20Theatre | Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre | The Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre was a strip club at 895 O'Farrell Street near San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Having opened as an X-rated movie theater by Jim and Artie Mitchell on July 4, 1969, the O'Farrell was one of America's most notorious adult-entertainment establishments. By 1980, the nightspo... |
6100089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload | Megaupload | Megaupload Ltd was a Hong Kong–based online company established in 2005 that operated from 2005 to 2012 providing online services related to file storage and viewing.
On 19 January 2012, the United States Department of Justice seized the domain names and closed down the sites associated with Megaupload after the owner... |
6100531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%20Route%2072 | Pennsylvania Route 72 | Pennsylvania Route 72 (PA 72) is a north–south state route located in southeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 222 (US 222)/PA 272 in Lancaster. The northern terminus is at PA 443 north of Lickdale in Union Township. PA 72 serves as a major road connecting Lancaster and Lebanon count... |
6100591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StandWithUs | StandWithUs | StandWithUs (SWU) (also known as Israel Emergency Alliance) is a nonprofit pro-Israel education and advocacy organization founded in Los Angeles in 2001 by Roz Rothstein, Jerry Rothstein, and Esther Renzer.
StandWithUs has gained prominence as a leading pro-Israel advocacy group. It maintains a significant presence o... |
6100815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara%20Bareilles | Sara Bareilles | Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. Bareilles has earned various accolades, including two Grammy Awards, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three ... |
6101209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arandas%2C%20Jalisco | Arandas, Jalisco | Arandas is a municipality of the Altos Sur region of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. Arandas is also the name of the municipality's main township and the center of the municipal government. The city centre is located approximately 86 miles (138 km) east of Guadalajara, the state capital. Arandas is accessible to reside... |
6101887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad%20%28play%29 | Quad (play) | Quad is a television play by Samuel Beckett, written and first produced and broadcast in 1981. It first appeared in print in 1984 (Faber and Faber) where the work is described as "[a] piece for four players, light and percussion" and has also been called a "ballet for four people."
It consists of four actors dressed i... |
6102728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Chase | Vincent Chase | Vincent Chase is the protagonist of the comedy-drama television series Entourage. He is played by Adrian Grenier.
Character biography
Vincent Chase grew up in Queens, New York, along with neighborhood friends Eric, Turtle, Dom, and Cara. Vince's father was an alcoholic and, as revealed in the final season, is estrange... |
6102876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-citizen%20suffrage | Non-citizen suffrage | Suffrage, the right to vote, is often extended to non-citizens. This right varies widely by place in terms of which non-citizens are allowed to vote and in which elections, though there has been a trend over the last 30 years to enfranchise more non-citizens, especially in Europe.
Overview
In many countries, some subn... |
6103183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture%20of%20Sydney | Architecture of Sydney | The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local materials and lack of international funding to its present-day modernity with an... |
6103321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20receptor | Nuclear receptor | In the field of molecular biology, nuclear receptors are a class of proteins responsible for sensing steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamins, and certain other molecules. These intracellular receptors work with other proteins to regulate the expression of specific genes thereby controlling the development, homeostasis, a... |
6103842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods%20in%20Spokane%2C%20Washington | Neighborhoods in Spokane, Washington | Neighborhoods in Spokane, Washington are officially grouped by the Spokane City Council into three main city council districts: 1, 2, and 3. Each city council district contains multiple, official neighborhoods that are recognized with a neighborhood council. Informally, neighborhoods are colloquially grouped by local ... |
6104177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodegradable%20plastic | Biodegradable plastic | Biodegradable plastics are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms, usually microbes, into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass. Biodegradable plastics are commonly produced with renewable raw materials, micro-organisms, petrochemicals, or combinations of all three.
While the words "bioplastic"... |
6104379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny%20Bullock%20Workman | Fanny Bullock Workman | Fanny Bullock Workman (January 8, 1859 – January 22, 1925) was an American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer, notably in the Himalayas. She was one of the first female professional mountaineers; she not only explored but also wrote about her adventures. She set several women's altitude ... |
6106572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Hollows%20in%20Bleach | List of Hollows in Bleach | In the fictional Bleach manga/anime universe, a is a type of monstrous lost soul who can harm both ghosts as well as and humans. Many of the series' antagonists are hollows. Some hollows possess the characteristics called that are similar to those of a Soul Reaper (a death-related entity). One of the series' main sto... |
6107762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea-garden%20community | Tea-garden community | The Tea-garden community is a term for a multiethnic, multicultural group of tea garden workers and their descendants in Assam. They are officially referred to as Tea-tribes by the government of Assam and notified as Other Backward Classes (OBC). They are the descendants of peoples from multiple tribal and caste groups... |
6108194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Pickup | Tim Pickup | Timothy Alexander Pickup (6 October 1948 – 7 June 2021) was an Australian Rugby League footballer for the North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and Australian national side in the 1970s, playing his First Test for Australia in 1972, only 14 games after his NSWRL First Grade debut. A player ... |
6108302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20Hudson%20White | Clarence Hudson White | Clarence Hudson White (April 8, 1871 – July 8, 1925) was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. He grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural America. After visiting the World's Columbian Exposition in Chica... |
6108330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckless%20driving | Reckless driving | In United States law, reckless driving is a major moving violation related to aggressive driving that generally consists of driving a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. It is usually a more serious offense than careless driving, improper driving, or driving without due care ... |
6108397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20World%20%28John%20Martyn%20album%29 | One World (John Martyn album) | One World is the seventh studio album by Scottish guitarist and singer John Martyn, released in November 1977 by Island Records. The album, produced by Island owner Chris Blackwell at his Berkshire farm, was recorded with myriad musicians, including Steve Winwood, Danny Thompson, John Stevens, Hansford Rowe and Rico. T... |
6108871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20News%20%28Mexico%20City%29 | The News (Mexico City) | The News is a Mexican English-language newspaper that was published in Mexico City five days per week, Monday through Friday. With the exception of the five years between 2002 and 2007, the newspaper has published continuously since its founding on July 5, 1950. It is owned by Mexican media company Grupo Mac.
Histor... |
6109102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%20alumni | List of University of New South Wales alumni | This is a list of University of New South Wales alumni.
Academia
Toby Walsh, computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert
Dijana Alić, architect and academic
Michael Barber, mathematician, physicist and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University from 2008 until 2014 (Mathematics)
Gernot Heiser, John Lions chai... |
6109308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix%20sum | Prefix sum | In computer science, the prefix sum, cumulative sum, inclusive scan, or simply scan of a sequence of numbers is a second sequence of numbers , the sums of prefixes (running totals) of the input sequence:
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For instance, the prefix sums of the natural numbers are the triangular numbers:
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6109428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregular%20moon | Irregular moon | In astronomy, an irregular moon, irregular satellite or irregular natural satellite is a natural satellite following a distant, inclined, and often eccentric and retrograde orbit. They have been captured by their parent planet, unlike regular satellites, which formed in orbit around them. Irregular moons have a stable ... |
6109772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner%20W.%20Clapp | Verner W. Clapp | Verner Warren Clapp (June 3, 1901 – June 15, 1972) was a librarian, writer, and polymath.
Starting as a summer clerk at the Library of Congress in 1922, Clapp rose to chief assistant librarian and acting Librarian of Congress. In 1956, he left the Library to serve as the first President of the Council on Library Resou... |
6109866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasukan%20Gerakan%20Khas | Pasukan Gerakan Khas | Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Abbreviation: PGK; 'Special Operations Command — Police SOCOM', Jawi: ڤاسوكن ڬرقن خاص) is a special operations command of the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP). The PGK has two distinct sub-units; the Special Actions Unit () and the 69 Commando Battalion (Very Able Trooper 69 — VAT 69; ).
Operators of ... |
6110348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilal%20Doctor | Manilal Doctor | Manilal Maganlal Doctor (28 July 1881 – 8 January 1956) was a British Indian barrister and politician, who travelled to numerous countries of the British Empire, including Fiji, Mauritius and Aden, providing legal assistance to the local ethnic Indian population. He met Gandhi, who asked him to go to Mauritius, where ... |
6110385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UB.109T | UB.109T | UB.109T, better known as Red Rapier, was a British cruise missile project calling for a system able to deliver a 5,000 lb (2.27 tonne) conventional warhead within 100 yards of its target at over range while travelling at at .
The concept dates to an October 1950 study for a Short Range Expendable Bomber, essentiall... |
6110739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark%20finning | Shark finning | Shark finning is the act of removing fins from sharks and discarding the rest of the shark back into the ocean. This act is prohibited in many countries. The sharks are often still alive when discarded, but without their fins. Unable to swim effectively, they sink to the bottom of the ocean and die of suffocation or ar... |
6110795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%20cooling | Passive cooling | Passive cooling is a building design approach that focuses on heat gain control and heat dissipation in a building in order to improve the indoor thermal comfort with low or no energy consumption. This approach works either by preventing heat from entering the interior (heat gain prevention) or by removing heat from th... |
6111238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Fillon | François Fillon | François Charles Armand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of the Republicans (previously known as the Union for a Popular Movement), the country's largest centre-right political party, ... |
6111938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem%20Light%20Rail | Jerusalem Light Rail | The Jerusalem Light Rail (, HaRakevet HaKala Birushalayim, , Qiṭār Al-Quds Al-Khafīf) is a light rail system in Jerusalem. Currently, the Red Line is the only one in operation, the first of several light rail lines planned in Jerusalem.
Construction on the Red line began in 2002 and ended in 2010, when the testing pha... |
6112371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansed | Cleansed | Cleansed is the third play by the English playwright Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1998 at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs in London. The play is set in a university which (according to the blurb of the published script) is operating as "an institution designed to rid society of its undesirables" where "a g... |
6112465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20%28The%20X-Files%29 | Pilot (The X-Files) | "Pilot" is the pilot episode of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode aired on September 10, 1993, on the Fox network in the United States and Canada, and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom on BBC Two. The episode was written by series creator Chris Carter, and directed by Robert Mandel. ... |
6112635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris%20Castle | Norris Castle | Norris Castle is located on the Isle of Wight. It was designed by James Wyatt for Lord Henry Seymour. The estate adjoins Osborne House, country home to Queen Victoria. On the other side of Norris Castle sits the Spring Hill estate, bought by William Goodrich in 1794. Norris Castle was built in 1799 and sits in 225 acre... |
6112660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gellish | Gellish | Gellish is an ontology language for data storage and communication, designed and developed by Andries van Renssen since mid-1990s. It started out as an engineering modeling language ("Generic Engineering Language", giving it the name, "Gellish") but evolved into a universal and extendable conceptual data modeling langu... |
6113503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20Your%20Heart%20Stops%20Beating | When Your Heart Stops Beating | When Your Heart Stops Beating is the only album by the American rock supergroup +44, released on November 14, 2006, by Interscope Records. Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker of Blink-182 formed +44 as an experimental electronic outfit following the breakup of Blink-182. The project started in early 2005, and was later joine... |
6113848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Edgar%20%28soccer%2C%20born%201987%29 | David Edgar (soccer, born 1987) | David Edward Edgar (born May 19, 1987) is a Canadian soccer coach and former professional player, he serves as assistant coach of Forge FC.
As a player he was a centre-back who began his professional career in England with Premier League side Newcastle United, before also going on to feature in the top flight for Burn... |
6114034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20breakout%20characters | List of breakout characters | A breakout character is a character in serial fiction, especially a member of an ensemble cast, who becomes much more prominent, popular, discussed, or imitated than expected by the creators. A breakout character may equal or overtake the other characters in popularity, including the protagonist. Prominent breakout cha... |
6114490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Prague | Trams in Prague | The Prague tramway network is the largest tram network in the Czech Republic, consisting of of track, 882 tram vehicles (one of the largest fleets in the world) and 26 daytime routes, 2 historical and 10 night routes with a total route length of . It is operated by Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy a.s., a company ... |
6114690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%201940 | June 1940 | The following events occurred in June 1940:
June 1, 1940 (Saturday)
The Actions in Nordland ended in German victory.
German bombers sank the French destroyer Foudroyant off Dunkirk as the evacuation from there continued. A total of 64,429 were evacuated on this day.
Born: René Auberjonois, actor and singer, in New Yor... |
6114756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingei | Mingei | The concept of , variously translated into English as "folk craft", "folk art" or "popular art", was developed from the mid-1920s in Japan by a philosopher and aesthete, Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961), together with a group of craftsmen, including the potters Hamada Shōji (1894–1978) and Kawai Kanjirō (1890–1966). As such, ... |
6115075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20university%20and%20college%20schools%20of%20music | List of university and college schools of music |
Academy of Arts in Tirana
Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Armenian State Pedagogical University
Australian National Academy of Music
Australian Youth Orchestra
Box Hill Institute of TAFE
Australian National University School of Music
Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide
Macquarie University
Melb... |
6115598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%20Foundation | Clinton Foundation | The Clinton Foundation (founded in 2001 as the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, and renamed in 2013 as the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation) is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code. It was established by former president of the United States Bill Clinton with the st... |
6115887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic%20diplegia | Spastic diplegia | Spastic diplegia is a form of cerebral palsy (CP) that is a chronic neuromuscular condition of hypertonia and spasticity—manifested as an especially high and constant "tightness" or "stiffness"—in the muscles of the lower extremities of the human body, usually those of the legs, hips and pelvis. Doctor William John Lit... |
6115915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Colbert%20%28character%29 | Stephen Colbert (character) | The Reverend Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World, or Stephen Colbert, is the fictionalized persona of political satirist Stephen Colbert, as portrayed on the Comedy Central series The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and occasionally on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CB... |
6116084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westamerica%20Bank | Westamerica Bank | Westamerica Bancorporation is the holding company for Westamerica Bank and its subsidiaries. The commercial and regional community bank, headquartered in San Rafael, California, has $4.7 billion in assets and more than 90 branches in Northern and Central California.
History
Westamerica Bancorporation is a northern Ca... |
6116500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH-AWD | SH-AWD | Super Handling-All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) is a full-time, fully automatic, all-wheel drive traction and handling system, which combines front-rear torque distribution control with independently regulated torque distribution to the left and right rear wheels. This way the system freely distributes the optimum amount of to... |
6116870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20primary%20schools%20in%20Northern%20Ireland | List of primary schools in Northern Ireland | This is a list of state maintained primary schools in Northern Ireland.
A
Abbey Primary School, Newtownards, County Down
Abbots Cross Primary School, Newtownabbey, County Antrim
Abercorn Primary School, Banbridge, County Down
Academy Primary School, Saintfield, County Down
Acorn Integrated Primary School, Carrickfer... |
6116892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%E2%80%93gender%20distinction | Sex–gender distinction | Though the terms sex and gender have been used interchangeably since at least the fourteenth century, in contemporary academic literature they usually have distinct meanings. Sex generally refers to an organism's biological sex, while gender usually refers to either social roles typically associated with the sex of a p... |
6117013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20food | Space food | Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts during missions to outer space. The food has specific requirements to provide a balanced diet and adequate nutrition for individuals working in space while being easy and safe to store, prepare and consume in the machinery-filled w... |
6117066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20K%C3%BCrten | Jessica Kürten | Jessica Kürten (born 24 November 1969) is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.
Born Jessica Chesney, Kürten won several national pony championships as a youth.
In 1994 Kürten married Eckard Kürten and moved to Hünxe in the German Rhineland. She has twice represented Ireland at the Olympic Ga... |
6117204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual%20erasure | Bisexual erasure | Bisexual erasure (or bi erasure), also called bisexual invisibility, is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources.
In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include the belief that bisexuality itself does not exi... |
6117470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%20Rose | Wendy Rose | Wendy Rose (born May 8, 1948) is a Hopi/Miwok writer. Having grown up in an environment which placed little emphasis on both her Native American and white background, much of her verse deals with her search for her personal identity. She is also an anthropologist, artist, and social scientist.
Biography
Also known un... |
6118047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boavista%20FC%20%28Cape%20Verde%29 | Boavista FC (Cape Verde) | Boavista Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: FK Boavista or FK Boabista, Boavista or Boavista Futibol Klubi) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Praia in the island of Santiago. The te... |
6118062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States%20parties%20to%20the%20Rome%20Statute%20of%20the%20International%20Criminal%20Court | States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are those sovereign states that have ratified, or have otherwise become party to, the Rome Statute. The Rome Statute is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, an international court that has jurisdiction over certain inter... |
6118105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20triad | Nuclear triad | A nuclear triad is a three-pronged military force structure of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and strategic bombers with nuclear bombs and missiles. Countries build nuclear triads to eliminate an enemy's ability to destroy a nation's nuclear forces... |
6118404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique%20Pe%C3%B1aranda | Enrique Peñaranda | Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo (15 November 1892 – 22 December 1969) was a Bolivian general who served as the 38th president of Bolivia from 1940 until his overthrow in 1943. He previously served as commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces during the second half of the Chaco War (1932–1935).
Once elected in 1... |
6118686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20lesbianism%20in%20the%20United%20States | History of lesbianism in the United States | This article addresses the history of lesbianism in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, the members of same-sex female couples discussed here are not known to be lesbian (rather than, for example, bisexual), but they are mentioned as part of discussing the practice of lesbianism—that is, same-sex female sexual a... |
6118880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-10%20Air%20Tanker | DC-10 Air Tanker | The DC-10 Air Tanker is a series of American wide-body jet air tankers, which have been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006. The aircraft, operated by the joint technical venture 10 Tanker Air Carrier, are converted wide-body McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 passenger jetliners, and are primarily used to fig... |
6119054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjas%20in%20popular%20culture | Ninjas in popular culture | In the history of Japan, ninja (also known as shinobi) operated as spies, assassins, or thieves; they formed their own caste outside the usual feudal social categories such as lords, samurai, and serfs. Ninja often appear as stock characters in Japanese popular culture and in global popular culture.
History
The ninja... |
6119239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Swango | Michael Swango | Michael Joseph Swango (born October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and licensed Ohio physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues, although he admitted to only causing four deaths. He was sentenced in 2000 to three consecutive life terms without t... |
6119377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20John%20Carthy | Death of John Carthy | John Carthy (9 October 1972 – 20 April 2000) was a 27-year-old Irish citizen with known psychiatric illnesses who was shot dead by the Garda Emergency Response Unit in controversial circumstances on 20 April 2000, after a twenty-five-hour siege at his home in Toneymore, Abbeylara, County Longford.
Background
John Cart... |
6119559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seuna%20%28Yadava%29%20dynasty | Seuna (Yadava) dynasty | The Seuna, Sevuna, or Yadavas of Devagiri (IAST: Seuṇa, –1317) was a Medieval Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river in the south, in the western part of the Deccan region. Its territory included present-day Maharashtra, North Karnataka ... |
6119585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toko%20Shinoda | Toko Shinoda | was a Japanese artist. Shinoda is best known for her abstract sumi ink paintings and prints. Shinoda’s oeuvre was predominantly executed using the traditional means and media of East Asian calligraphy, but her resulting abstract ink paintings and prints express a nuanced visual affinity with the bold black brushstrokes... |
6119642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda%20Emergency%20Response%20Unit | Garda Emergency Response Unit | The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) () is the police tactical unit of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service. The unit was a section of the forces' Special Detective Unit (SDU), under the Crime and Security Branch (CSB) until 2017, when the Special Tactics and Operational Command was created t... |
6119760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%20Tribunal | Barr Tribunal | The Barr Tribunal was a Public Inquiry in Ireland established by Resolutions passed by the Dáil Éireann and the Seanad Éireann on 17 and 18 April 2002, and by Instrument entitled Tribunals of Inquiry Evidence Acts 1921 (Establishment of Tribunal) Instrument (No. 2) 2002 made by the Minister for Justice, Equality and La... |
6119782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Stastny | Paul Stastny | Paul Stastny (born December 27, 1985) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey center who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, Vegas Golden Knights, and Carolina Hurricanes.
Of Slovak lineage, Stastny is the son of Peter Šťa... |
6120180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant%20officer%20%28United%20States%29 | Warrant officer (United States) | In the United States Armed Forces, the ranks of warrant officer (grades W‑1 to W‑5; see NATO: WO1–WO5) are rated as officers above all non-commissioned officers, candidates, cadets, and midshipmen, but subordinate to the lowest officer grade of O‑1 (NATO: OF‑1). This application differs from the Commonwealth of Nations... |
6120230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Yeo | Philip Yeo | Noel Philip Yeo Liat Kok (Chinese: 杨烈国; born 1946), DUNU (First Class), is the Chairman of Economic Development Innovations Singapore, Advanced MedTech Holdings and Accuron Technologies. From April 2007 to March 2018, Yeo was Chairman of Standards Productivity and Innovation for Growth (SPRING Singapore), a government... |
6120410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Levine | Gilbert Levine | Sir Gilbert Levine, GCSG (born January 22, 1948) is an American conductor. He is considered an "outstanding personality in the world of international music television." He has led the PBS concert debuts of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra... |
6120585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax%20protester%20statutory%20arguments | Tax protester statutory arguments | Tax protesters in the United States have advanced a number of arguments asserting that the assessment and collection of the federal income tax violates statutes enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law by the President. Such arguments generally claim that certain statutes fail to create a duty to pay t... |
6120710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali%20National%20Movement | Somali National Movement | The Somali National Movement (, ) was one of the first and most important organized guerilla groups opposed to the Siad Barre regime in the 1980s to the 1990s, as well as being the main anti-government faction during the Somaliland War of Independence. The organisation was founded in London, England, on April 6, 1981 b... |
6121100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrotechnic%20composition | Pyrotechnic composition | A pyrotechnic composition is a substance or mixture of substances designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas/smoke or a combination of these, as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions. Pyrotechnic substances do not rely on oxygen from external sources to sustain the reac... |
6122370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20trams%20in%20Leipzig | History of trams in Leipzig | Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (LVB, 'Leipzig Transport Company, LLC') operates one of Germany's largest tramway networks. The tramway network history is presented below in tabular form, including opening, electrification, and closing dates by segment. Street names of the time are used in the tables, with current name... |
6124000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly%20Hills%20High%20School | Beverly Hills High School | Beverly Hills High School, usually shortened to Beverly or abbreviated as BHHS, is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. The other public high school in Beverly Hills, Moreno High School, is a small alternative school located on Beverly Hills High School's campus.
Beverly Hills High School is... |
6124755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Bint%20Jbeil | Battle of Bint Jbeil | The Battle of Bint Jbeil was one of the main battles of the 2006 Lebanon War. Bint Jbeil (, Bint Jubayl) is a major town of some 20,000 (mainly Shia) inhabitants in Southern Lebanon. Although Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch announced on 25 July that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had "complete control" of Bint Jbeil, this state... |
6124808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20William%20Arbuthnot%20Lane%2C%201st%20Baronet | Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1st Baronet | Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1st Baronet, CB, FRCS (4 July 1856 – 16 January 1943) was a British surgeon and physician. He mastered orthopaedic, abdominal, and ear, nose and throat surgery, while designing new surgical instruments toward maximal asepsis. He thus introduced the "no-touch technique", and some of his desig... |
6125637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Boy%20Scouts%20of%20America | History of the Boy Scouts of America | The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was inspired by and modeled on The Boy Scouts Association, established by Robert Baden-Powell in Britain in 1908. In the early 1900s, several youth organizations were active, and many became part of the BSA (see Scouting in the United States).
The BSA was founded in 1910 at the "first e... |
6125947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocera%20Superiore | Nocera Superiore | Nocera Superiore ( or ) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
It was the core of the ancient city of , later known as , and then (), which also included the nowadays territories of Nocera Inferiore, Pagani and smaller towns.
In other respects, its history up ... |
6125948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius%20Castle%20Complex | Vilnius Castle Complex | The Vilnius Castle Complex ( or ) is a group of cultural, and historic structures on the left bank of the Neris River, near its confluence with the Vilnia River, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The buildings, which evolved between the 10th and 18th centuries, were one of Lithuania's major defensive structures.
The complex cons... |
6126196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20firefighting | Geography of firefighting | As firefighting has a rich history throughout the world, traditions in this profession vary widely from country to country.
Andorra
The Andorran Fire Brigade, with headquarters at Santa Coloma, operates from four modern fire stations, and has a staff of around 120 firefighters. The service is equipped with 24 fire se... |
6126410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20views%20on%20alcohol | Christian views on alcohol | Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of Church history, Christians generally consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used "the fruit of the vine" in their central rite—the Eucharist or Lord's Supper. They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taug... |
6126579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender%20sexuality | Transgender sexuality | Sexuality in transgender individuals encompasses all the issues of sexuality of other groups, including establishing a sexual identity, learning to deal with one's sexual needs, and finding a partner, but may be complicated by issues of gender dysphoria, side effects of surgery, physiological and emotional effects of h... |
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