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Demographics of Macau
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Macau, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Macau's population is 95% Chinese, primarily Cantonese and som... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19071 |
Politics of Macau
Politics of Macau is a framework of political system, dominated by the People's Republic of China. It includes the legislature, the judiciary, the government, and a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Chief Executive.
In accordance with Article 31 of the Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19072 |
Economy of Macau
The economy of Macau has remained one of the most open in the world since its handover to China in 1999. Apparel exports and gambling-related tourism are mainstays of the economy. Since Macau has little arable land and few natural resources, it depends on mainland China for most of its food, fresh wat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19073 |
Telecommunications in Macau
With Macau's population (about 500,000) and its small market, only a few media options are available for the local people. Because radio signals, newspapers and magazines from Hong Kong are available in Macau, the local media are always a minority group in terms of sales and number of viewe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19074 |
Transport in Macau
Transport in Macau includes road, sea, rail and air transport. Road transport is the primary mode of transport within Macau, although a new rail system opened in December 2019 serving the areas of Taipa and Cotai The main forms of public transport are buses and taxis.
Modes of transport out of Maca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19075 |
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia () is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid 19th century. Today the region is considered to include parts of six Balka... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19078 |
History of North Macedonia
The history of Republic of North Macedonia encompasses the history of the territory of the modern state of Republic of Macedonia as well as that of the Macedonian people and the areas they inhabited historically.
In antiquity, most of the territory that is now North Macedonia was included i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19079 |
Geography of North Macedonia
North Macedonia is a country situated in southeastern Europe with geographic coordinates , bordering Kosovo and Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west. The country is part of the wider region of Macedonia and makes up most of Vardar Macedonia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19080 |
Demographics of North Macedonia
This article is about the demographic features of the population of North Macedonia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
According to statistics from the European ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19081 |
Politics of North Macedonia
Politics in North Macedonia occur within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19082 |
Economy of North Macedonia
The economy of North Macedonia has become more liberalized, with an improved business environment, since its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, which deprived the country of its key protected markets and the large transfer payments from Belgrade. Prior to independence, North Macedonia was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19083 |
Telecommunications in North Macedonia
Telecommunications in North Macedonia include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Television is North Macedonia's most popular news medium. Most private media are tied to political or business interests and state media tend to support the government... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19084 |
Transport in North Macedonia
The following is a summary of the transport system of the Republic of North Macedonia.
"total:"
(699 km (437 miles) of open track and of station/industrial track)
"standard gauge:"
"note:"
a new extension of the Kumanovo-Beljakovci line to the Bulgarian border is under construction.
Res... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19085 |
Army of North Macedonia
The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia ( [АРCМ]) is a defense force consisting of an army and air force; it is responsible for defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of North Macedonia. Since 2005, it is a fully professional defense force compatible with NATO standards.
The n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19086 |
Foreign relations of North Macedonia
The foreign relations of North Macedonia since its independence in 1991 have been characterized by the country's efforts to gain membership in international organizations such as NATO and the European Union and to gain international recognition under its constitutional name, oversh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19087 |
Malawi
Malawi (, or ; or [maláwi]), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique surrounding on the east, south and southwest. Malawi spans over and has a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19088 |
History of Malawi
The History of Malawi covers the area of present-day Malawi. The region was once part of the Maravi Empire. In colonial times, the territory was ruled by the British, under whose control it was known first as British Central Africa and later Nyasaland. It became part of the Federation of Rhodesia and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19098 |
Demographics of Malawi
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Malawi, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Malawi derives its name from the Maravi, a Bantu people who ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19100 |
Politics of Malawi
Politics of Malawi takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Malawi is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the gover... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19101 |
Economy of Malawi
The economy of Malawi is predominantly agricultural, with about 80% of the population living in rural areas. The landlocked country in south central Africa ranks among the world's least developed countries. In 2017, agriculture accounted for about one-third of GDP and about 80% of export revenue. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19102 |
Communications in Malawi
Communications in Malawi includes the country's postal, telephone, television, radio and internet services.
Malawi Posts Corporation provides the national postal service in Malawi and runs the post offices throughout the country. Ten other postal services providers operate in Malawi, includin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19103 |
Transport in Malawi
Transportation in Malawi is poorly developed. The country of almost 14 million has 39 airports, 6 with paved runways and 33 with unpaved runways. It has of railways, all narrow-gauge and about 45 percent of its roads are paved. Though it is landlocked, Malawi also has of waterways on Lake Malawi an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19104 |
Demographics of Malaysia
The demographics of Malaysia are represented by the multiple ethnic groups that exist in the country. Malaysia's population, according to the 2010 census, is 28,334,000 including non-citizens, which makes it the 42nd most populated country in the world. Of these, 5.72 million live in East Mala... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19110 |
Politics of Malaysia
Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19111 |
Economy of Malaysia
The economy of Malaysia is the third largest in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia and Thailand, and is the 35th largest economy in the world. Labour productivity in Malaysia is significantly higher than in neighbouring Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines or Vietnam due to a high density of knowledge-bas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19112 |
Telecommunications in Malaysia
The primary regulator of telecommunications in Malaysia is the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It issues licenses under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, the Postal Services Act 2012 and the Digital Signature Act 1997.
Number of fixed-telephone subsc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19113 |
Transport in Malaysia
Transportation in Malaysia started to develop during British colonial rule, and the country's transport network is now diverse and developed. Malaysia's road network is extensive, covering 250,023 kilometres, including 1,956 km of expressways (in 2019). The main highway of the country extends ove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19114 |
Malaysian Armed Forces
The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF, ; Jawi:اڠكتن تنترا مليسيا), are the military of Malaysia, consists of three branches, namely the Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Since June 20. 2018, General Tan Sri Affendi Buang RMAF is the Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19115 |
Foreign relations of Malaysia
Malaysia is an active member of various international organisations, including the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Non-Aligned Movement. It has also in recent times been an active proponent of regional co-operation.
Malaysia h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19116 |
Maldives
The Maldives (, ; "Dhivehi Raajje"), officially the Republic of Maldives, is a small island nation in South Asia, located in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the Asian continent. The chain of 26 atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19117 |
History of the Maldives
The history of the Maldives is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of South Asia and Indian Ocean; and the modern nation consisting of 28 natural atolls, comprising 1194 islands. Historically, the Maldives had a strat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19118 |
Demographics of the Maldives
This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Maldives, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Structure of the population (21.03.2006) (Census... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19120 |
Politics of the Maldives
The politics of the Maldives, as per the reports, take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the Head of Government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the Cabinet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19121 |
Economy of the Maldives
In ancient times the Maldives were renowned for cowries, coir rope, dried tuna fish (Maldive fish), ambergris ("maavaharu") and coco de mer ("tavakkaashi"). Local and foreign trading ships used to load these products in the Maldives and bring them abroad.
Nowadays, the mixed economy of the Mal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19122 |
Telecommunications in the Maldives
Telecommunications in the Maldives is under the control and supervision of the Communications Authority of Maldives (CAM). The Maldives is served by three telecommunications operators, Dhiraagu, Ooredoo Maldives and Raajjé Online.
Mobile network operators (MNOs): 2, Dhiraagu and Oor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19123 |
Transport in the Maldives
Transport in the Maldives includes, road, water and air.
All roads in the capital city of Malé are paved with concrete cobblestones. Many of the roads in Addu city are paved with tarmac. A small highway in Addu is called "the link road". A causeway connects 3 islands.
Gan, Malé, is the loca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19124 |
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali (; Bambara: "Mali ka Fasojamana"; N'Ko script: ߡߊߟߌ ߞߊ ߝߊߛߏߖߊߡߊߣߊ), is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over . The population of Mali is /1e6 round 1 million. 67% of its population was estimated to be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19127 |
History of Mali
Mali is located in Africa.
The history of the territory of modern Mali may be divided into:
The borders of Mali are those of French Sudan, drawn in 1891. They are artificial, and unite part of the larger Sudan region with parts of the Sahara.
As a consequence, Mali is a multiethnic country, with a maj... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19128 |
Demographics of Mali
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Mali, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
In , Mali's population was an estimated /1e6 round 1 million, wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19130 |
Economy of Mali
The economy of Mali is based to a large extent upon agriculture, with a mostly rural population engaged in subsistence agriculture.
Mali is among the ten poorest nations of the world, is one of the 37 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, and is a major recipient of foreign aid from many sources, including... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19132 |
Telecommunications in Mali
Mali, a large, landlocked, multicultural country in West Africa, consistently ranks low in the Human Development Index. The infrastructure of communications in Mali, while underdeveloped, is crucial to the nation.
Prior to the 19th century, the area which became Mali was crisscrossed by tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19133 |
Transport in Mali
Mali's transportation infrastructure is regarded as poor, even by regional standards, and deficiencies have limited economic growth and development. Nevertheless, improvements have been noted in the early 2000s. Most of the transportation in Mali consists of cars, planes, and boats.
Mali has one rai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19134 |
Malian Armed Forces
The Malian Armed Forces () consists of the Army (), Republic of Mali Air Force (), and National Guard (). They number some 7,000 and are under the control of the Minister of Armed Forces and Veterans. The Library of Congress as of January 2005 stated that "[t]he military is underpaid, poorly equipp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19135 |
Foreign relations of Mali
Following independence in 1960, Mali initially followed a socialist path and was aligned ideologically with the communist bloc. Mali's foreign policy orientation became increasingly pragmatic and pro-Western over time. Since the institution of a democratic form of government in 1992, Mali's r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19136 |
Malta
Malta (, ; ), officially known as the Republic of Malta () and formerly Melita, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. With a population of about 475,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's tenth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19137 |
Demographics of Malta
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Malta, including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Malta is the most densely populated country in the EU and one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19140 |
Politics of Malta
The politics of Malta takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Malta is the constitutional head of state. Executive Authority is vested in the President of Malta with the general direction and control of the Government of Malta rem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19141 |
Economy of Malta
The economy of Malta is a highly industrialised, service-based economy. It is classified as an advanced economy by the International Monetary Fund and is considered a high-income country by the World Bank and an innovation-driven economy by the World Economic Forum. It is a member of the European Unio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19142 |
Telecommunications in Malta
This article is an overview of telecommunications in Malta.
Telephones - main lines in use:
229,700 (2012)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
539,500 (2012)
Telephone system:
automatic system satisfies normal requirements
"domestic:"
submarine cables and microwave radio relay between islands
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19143 |
Transport in Malta
The transport system in Malta is small but extensive, and the islands' domestic system of public transport is reliant on buses and taxis, although there were both a railway and a tramway in the past.
Malta's primary international connections are the airport at Gudja and by sea mainly the Grand Harb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19144 |
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (), is an island country and a United States associated state near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line. Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19147 |
Geography of the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands consist of two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, which form two parallel groups—the "Ratak" (sunrise) chain and the "Ralik" (sunset) chain. The Marshalls are located in the North Pacific Ocean and share maritime boundaries with Micronesia ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19149 |
Demographics of the Marshall Islands
This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Marshall Islands, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
The people of the Marshall Islan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19150 |
Communications in the Marshall Islands
This article is about communications systems in the Marshall Islands.
In 2010, the Majuro and Kwajalein Atoll were connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Faster Internet service was rolled out to Majuro and Ebeye on April 1,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19153 |
Transportation in the Marshall Islands
Railways:
0 km
Highways:
"total:"
NA km
"paved:"
64.5 km
"unpaved:"
NA km
"note:"
paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks (2002)
Ports and harbors:
Majuro
Merchant marine:
"total:"
342 ships (1,000 GT or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19154 |
Mass deacidification
Mass deacidification is a term used in library and information science for one possible measure against the degradation of paper in old books, the so-called "slow fires". The goal of the process is to increase the pH of acidic paper on a large scale. Although acid-free paper has become more common... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19157 |
Mile
The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.
With qualifiers, "mile" is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19159 |
Spam (Monty Python)
"Spam" is a Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970 and written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. In the sketch, two customers are lowered by wires into a greasy spoon café and try to order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam in almost every dish, much to the consternation of one of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19160 |
Dead Parrot sketch
The "Dead Parrot Sketch", alternatively and originally known as the "Pet Shop Sketch" or "Parrot Sketch", is a sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" about a non-existent species of parrot, called a "Norwegian Blue". A satire on poor customer service, it was written by John Cleese and Graham Cha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19161 |
Cheese Shop sketch
The Cheese Shop is a well-known sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
It originally appeared in episode 33, "Salad Days". The script for the sketch is included in the book "The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words, Volume 2".
It was later reworked for the album "The Monty Pyt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19162 |
Bruces' Philosophers Song
"Bruces' Philosophers Song", also known as "The Bruces' Song", is a popular Monty Python song written and composed by Eric Idle that was a feature of the group's stage appearances and its recordings.
The Bruces' Philosophers Song is sung by The Bruces, stereotypical "ocker" Australians of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19163 |
The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)
"The Spanish Inquisition" is a series of sketches in "Monty Python's Flying Circus", Series 2 Episode 2, first broadcast 22 September 1970, parodying the real-life Spanish Inquisition. This episode is itself entitled "The Spanish Inquisition". The sketches are notable for their p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19165 |
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell's equations are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form the foundation of classical electromagnetism, classical optics, and electric circuits.
The equations provide a mathematical model for electric, optical, and radio technologies, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19737 |
Metrizable space
In topology and related areas of mathematics, a metrizable space is a topological space that is homeomorphic to a metric space. That is, a topological space formula_1 is said to be metrizable if there is a metric
such that the topology induced by "d" is formula_3. Metrization theorems are theorems t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19738 |
Max August Zorn
Max August Zorn (; June 6, 1906 – March 9, 1993) was a German mathematician. He was an algebraist, group theorist, and numerical analyst. He is best known for Zorn's lemma, a method used in set theory that is applicable to a wide range of mathematical constructs such as vector spaces, ordered sets and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19740 |
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; 64/62 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman consul, statesman, general and architect. He was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to Augustus and was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable buildings in the history of Rome and for important military vic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19747 |
Beijing cuisine
Beijing cuisine, also known as Jing cuisine, Mandarin cuisine and Peking cuisine, and formerly as Beiping cuisine, is the local cuisine of Beijing, the national capital of China.
As Beijing has been the capital of China for centuries, its cuisine is influenced by culinary traditions from all over Chin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19758 |
Manichaeism
Manichæism (;
in New Persian "Ãyīnⁱ Mānī"; ) was a major religion founded in the 3rd century AD by the Persian prophet Mani (Middle Persian "Mānī", New Persian: "Mānī", Syriac "Mānī", Greek , ) in the Sasanian Empire.
Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a go... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19760 |
Moroccan cuisine
Moroccan cuisine is influenced by Morocco's interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries. Moroccan cuisine is typically a mix of Berber, Arab, Andalusi, and Mediterranean cuisines, with slight European and sub-Saharan influences.
Morocco produces a large range of Medi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19761 |
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren ( ; born Maarten Van Buren; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He was the first president to speak English as a second language – his mother tongue was Dutch – and the first born after ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19763 |
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known simply as "The G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second large... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19765 |
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $12 billion (equivalent to over $129 billion as of 2020) in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19766 |
Mariculture
Mariculture is a specialized branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater. An example of the latter is the farming of marine fish, including ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19769 |
Memetics
Memetics is the study of information and culture based on an analogy with Darwinian evolution. Proponents describe memetics as an approach to evolutionary models of cultural information transfer. Memetics describes how an idea can propagate successfully, but doesn't necessarily imply a concept is factual. Cri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19770 |
List of islands of Michigan
The following is a list of islands of Michigan. Michigan has the second longest coastline of any state after Alaska. Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, as well as innumerable rivers, that may co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19780 |
List of governors of Michigan
The Governor of Michigan is the head of the executive branch of Michigan's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto appropriation bills passed by the Michigan Le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19808 |
Moses Amyraut
Moïse Amyraut, Latin Moyses Amyraldus (Bourgueil, September 1596 – January 8, 1664), in English texts often Moses Amyraut, was a French Huguenot, Reformed theologian and metaphysician. He is perhaps most noted for his modifications to Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Christ's atonement, which i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19809 |
Murray River
The Murray River (or River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: "Millewa", Yorta Yorta: "Tongala") is Australia's longest river, at in length. The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains, and then meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border betwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19811 |
Project Mercury
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created ci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19812 |
Gaius Maecenas
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (; circa 70 BC – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian, who later reigned as Augustus. He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. During the reign of Augustus, Maecenas served as a quasi-culture minist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19813 |
Magick (Thelema)
Magick, in the context of Aleister Crowley's Thelema, is a term used to show and differentiate the occult from performance magic and is defined as "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will", including "mundane" acts of will as well as ritual magic. Crowley wrote that "it ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19820 |
Marcus Claudius Tacitus
Tacitus (; Marcus Claudius Tacitus; c. 200 – June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title "Gothicus Maximus".
Tacitus was born in Interamna (Terni), in Italia. He circulated copies of the his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19821 |
Maya numerals
The Mayan numeral system was the system to represent numbers and calendar dates in the Maya civilization. It was a vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system. The numerals are made up of three symbols; zero (shell shape, with the plastron uppermost), one (a dot) and five (a bar). For example, thirteen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19823 |
Michael Foot
Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 19133 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Labour Leader from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on "Tribune" and the "Evening Standard". He co-wrote the 1940 polemic against appeasement of Adolf Hitler, "Guilty Men", under a pse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19826 |
Max and Moritz
Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks (original: Max und Moritz – Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen) is a German language illustrated story in verse. This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhymed couplets, was written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19828 |
May Day
May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May or the first Monday of May. It is an ancient festival of spring and a current traditional spring holiday in many European cultures. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the festivities.
In 1889, May Day was chosen as the date for International W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19829 |
Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution
In physics (in particular in statistical mechanics), the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution is a particular probability distribution named after James Clerk Maxwell and Ludwig Boltzmann.
It was first defined and used for describing particle speeds in idealized gases, where the particles mov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19830 |
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19831 |
Metastability
In physics, metastability is a stable state of a dynamical system other than the system's state of least energy.
A ball resting in a hollow on a slope is a simple example of metastability. If the ball is only slightly pushed, it will settle back into its hollow, but a stronger push may start the ball rol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19833 |
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft (, ; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her writing. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19834 |
Molecular mass
The molecular mass ("m") is the mass of a given molecule: it is measured in daltons (Da or u). Different molecules of the same compound may have different molecular masses because they contain different isotopes of an element. The related quantity relative molecular mass, as defined by IUPAC, is the rat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19836 |
Metallic bonding
Metallic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that rises from the electrostatic attractive force between conduction electrons (in the form of an electron cloud of delocalized electrons) and positively charged metal ions. It may be described as the sharing of "free" electrons among a structure of posi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19838 |
Methyl group
A methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms — CH3. In formulas, the group is often abbreviated Me. Such hydrocarbon groups occur in many organic compounds. It is a very stable group in most molecules. While the methyl group is usually part of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19839 |
Mild ale
Mild ale is a type of ale, with a predominantly malty palate. Modern mild ales are mainly dark-coloured with an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 3% to 3.6%, although there are lighter-hued examples as well as stronger examples reaching 6% abv and higher. It originated in Britain in the 17th century or earlier, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19842 |
Mars Society
The Mars Society is an American worldwide volunteer-driven space-advocacy non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars. Inspired by "The Case for Mars" conferences which were hosted by The Mars Underground at the University of Colorado Boulder, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19843 |
Minerva
Minerva (; ) is the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of defensive war only. From the second century BC onward, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva is one of the three Roma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19845 |
Mars Direct
Mars Direct is a proposal for a human mission to Mars which purports to be both cost-effective and possible with current technology. It was originally detailed in a research paper by Martin Marietta engineers Robert Zubrin and David Baker in 1990, and later expanded upon in Zubrin's 1996 book "The Case for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19846 |
Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, ForMemRS (; ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, but his fame as a physicist rests primarily on his role as the o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19848 |
Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit Nene (; born 15 May 1967) is an Indian actress, producer, and television personality. One of the most popular actresses of Hindi cinema, she has appeared in over 70 Bollywood films. The recipient of such accolades as six Filmfare Awards, she was one of the country's highest-paid actresses i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19852 |
Mars Attacks
Mars Attacks is a science fiction-themed trading card series released in 1962 by Topps. The cards feature artwork by science fiction artists Wally Wood and Norman Saunders. The cards form a story arc, which tell of the invasion of Earth by cruel, hideous Martians, under the command of a corrupt Martian go... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19855 |
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