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303 | Alabama | Alabama Alabama () is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of of in... | |
20134 | Minnesota Vikings | Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.... | |
206490 | Hey Arnold! | Hey Arnold! Hey Arnold! is an American animated children's television series created by Craig Bartlett that aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on a fourth grader named Arnold, who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city boarding house. Episodes center on his experiences na... | |
20189 | Mesopotamia | Mesopotamia Mesopotamia is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq, Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish–Syrian and Iran–Ira... | |
906255 | Battle of Cedar Creek | Battle of Cedar Creek The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, across C... | |
1600064 | 1992 Stanley Cup Finals | 1992 Stanley Cup Finals The 1992 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1991–92 season, and the culmination of the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Prince of Wales Conference and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence Campbell ... | |
640 | Appellate procedure in the United States | Appellate procedure in the United States United States appellate procedure involves the rules and regulations for filing appeals in state courts and federal courts. The nature of an appeal can vary greatly depending on the type of case and the rules of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was prosecuted. There ... | |
662 | Apollo 11 | Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module "Eagle" on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours 39 min... | |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film) Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical comedy horror film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a geeky florist shop worker who finds out his Venus flytrap can... | |
3447162 | Little Shop of Horrors (musical) | Little Shop of Horrors (musical) Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film ... | |
43815 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (often shortened to TMNT or Ninja Turtles) are four fictional teenaged anthropomorphic turtles named after Italian Renaissance artists. They were trained by their anthropomorphic rat " sensei " in the art of "ninjutsu". From their home in the sewers of New Y... | |
74661 | Veto | Veto A veto (Latin for "I forbid") is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation. A veto can be absolute, as for instance in the United Nations Security Council, whose permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United King... | |
74729 | Chymotrypsinogen | Chymotrypsinogen Chymotrypsinogen is an inactive precursor (zymogen) of chymotrypsin, a digestive enzyme which breaks proteins down into smaller peptides. Chymotrypsinogen is a single polypeptide chain consisting of 245 amino acid residues. It is synthesized in the acinar cells of the pancreas and stored inside membran... | |
74643 | Pinellas County, Florida | Pinellas County, Florida Pinellas County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 916,542. The county is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Clearwater is the county seat, and St. Petersburg is the largest city. Section::::His... | |
3807959 | Vioolsdrif | Vioolsdrif Vioolsdrif is a village on the Orange River in the north-western part of South Africa, known as Namaqualand. Section::::Origin of name. The name in Afrikaans means 'the ford (shallow river crossing) of the violin'. It is reportedly named after Jan Viool ("John Violin"), who is said to have played the fiddle ... | |
1215271 | For What It's Worth | For What It's Worth "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (often referred to as simply "For What It's Worth") is a song written by Stephen Stills. Performed by Buffalo Springfield, it was recorded on December 5, 1966; released as a single on Atco Records on December 23, 1966; and peaked at No. 7 on the "B... | |
1215288 | Gimme Some Lovin' | Gimme Some Lovin' "Gimme Some Lovin'" is a song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, although solely credited to Winwood on the UK single label, and performed by the Spencer Davis Group. As recalled by bassist Muff Winwood, the song was conceived, arranged, and rehearsed in just half an hour. At th... | |
7377620 | United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics | United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics The United States competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 288 competitors, 274 men and 14 women, took part in 113 events in 18 sports. Section::::Medalists. "Further information: 1920 Summer Olympics medal table" Section::::Aquatics. Section::::Aquatics.:Divin... | |
7377649 | Sheila Carter | Sheila Carter Sheila Carter is a fictional character from "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful", American soap operas on the CBS network. Created by William J. Bell, the role was introduced in 1990 — by Edward J. Scott — under the portrayal of Kimberlin Brown, who portrayed the role for many int... | |
750772 | Cooling tower | Cooling tower A cooling tower is a heat rejection device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature. Cooling towers may either use the evaporation of water to remove process heat and cool the working fluid to near the wet-bulb air temperature or, in the case o... | |
420956 | Origins of the Cold War | Origins of the Cold War The Origins of the Cold War involved the breakdown of relations between the Soviet Union versus the United States, Great Britain and their allies in the years 1945–1949. From the American-British perspective, first came diplomatic confrontations stretching back decades, followed by the issue of ... | |
691 | Articles of Confederation | Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate (between July 1776 and November 1777), by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 17... | |
689 | Asia | Asia Asia () is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total... | |
698 | Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World". The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin ext... | |
674 | Anatomy | Anatomy Anatomy (Greek anatomē, "dissection") is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science which deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Anatomy i... | |
43941 | Windows Media Player | Windows Media Player Windows Media Player (WMP) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of Wind... | |
666 | Alkali metal | Alkali metal The alkali metals are a group (column) in the periodic table consisting of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). This group lies in the s-block of the periodic table of elements as all alkali metals have their outermost electron in a... | |
10490785 | Evolution of the horse | Evolution of the horse The evolution of the horse, a mammal of the family Equidae, occurred over a geologic time scale of 50 million years, transforming the small, dog-sized, forest-dwelling "Eohippus" into the modern horse. Paleozoologists have been able to piece together a more complete outline of the evolutionary li... | |
39355235 | Mom (TV series) | Mom (TV series) Mom is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 23, 2013. The series is created by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, and Gemma Baker, while the former two also serving as executive producers on the series, along with Nick Bakay. On February 5, 2019, it was renewed for its seventh an... | |
8794230 | Tom Hughes (As the World Turns) | Tom Hughes (As the World Turns) Thomas Christopher "Tom" Hughes is a fictional character on the American soap opera "As the World Turns". He was played by a number of actors during the character's 49-year tenure on the show, the longest-running actor being Scott Holmes, who took over the role July 3, 1987, and remained... | |
20351 | Maginot Line | Maginot Line The Maginot Line (, ), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications. Constructed on the French side of its borders wi... | |
20369 | Mitosis | Mitosis In cell biology, mitosis () is a part of the cell cycle when replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei. Cell division gives rise to genetically identical cells in which the number of chromosomes is maintained. In general, mitosis (division of the nucleus) is preceded by the S stage of interphase ... | |
20377 | Microorganism | Microorganism A microorganism, or microbe, is a microscopic organism, which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book "On Agriculture" by ... | |
18955701 | Climate of Venezuela | Climate of Venezuela The Climate of Venezuela is characterized for being tropical and isothermal as a result of its geographical location near the Equator, but because of the topography and the dominant wind direction, several climatic types occur which can be the same as found in temperate latitudes, and even polar re... | |
1600741 | Norman Pritchard | Norman Pritchard Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1877 – 31 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian sportsperson and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics. He was of British eth... | |
50876707 | 2017 Stanley Cup Finals | 2017 Stanley Cup Finals The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016–17 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nash... | |
74934 | Help! | Help! Help! is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Beatles and the soundtrack from their film "Help!". It was released on 6 August 1965. Produced by George Martin, it was the fifth UK album release by the band, and contains fourteen songs in its original British form. Seven of these, including the singles "... | |
53661249 | List of The Lego Movie characters | List of The Lego Movie characters This is a list of characters from "The Lego Movie" franchise produced by Warner Animation Group and The Lego Group, which consists of the animated films (and LEGO sets from that film), 4D film and TV series: "The Lego Movie" (2014), "" (2016), and "" (2019) as well as its spin-offs "Th... | |
3810493 | List of The Drew Carey Show episodes | List of The Drew Carey Show episodes The following is a complete list of episodes for the television show sitcom "The Drew Carey Show", which first aired on ABC on September 13, 1995. Throughout the show's run, nine seasons were filmed amassing 233 episodes, with the final episode airing on September 8, 2004. The sitco... | |
2255554 | Objective correlative | Objective correlative In literary criticism, an objective correlative is a group of things or events which systematically represent emotions. Section::::Theory. The theory of the objective correlative as it relates to literature was largely developed through the writings of the poet and literary critic T.S. Eliot, who ... | |
32350676 | South Sudan | South Sudan South Sudan (), officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. It gained independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, making it the most recent sovereign state with widespread recognition. Its capital and largest city is Juba. South Sudan is bordered... | |
55182921 | Celebrity Big Brother (American TV series) | Celebrity Big Brother (American TV series) Celebrity Big Brother, also known as Big Brother: Celebrity Edition, is a reality television spin-off series of the American adaptation of "Big Brother" created by John de Mol. The series premiered on CBS in the United States on February 7, 2018 and is simulcast in Canada on G... | |
39357982 | Rip It Up (Orange Juice song) | Rip It Up (Orange Juice song) "Rip It Up" is a 1983 single by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. It was the second single to be released from their 1982 album of the same name. The song became the band's only UK top 40 success, reaching no. 8 in the chart. "Rip It Up" signalled a departure from the sound of the band... | |
34583874 | Cartonería | Cartonería Cartonería or papier-mâché sculptures are a traditional handcraft in Mexico. The papier-mâché works are also called "carton piedra" (rock cardboard) for the rigidness of the final product. These sculptures today are generally made for certain yearly celebrations, especially for the Burning of Judas during Ho... | |
25755766 | Beats Electronics | Beats Electronics Beats Electronics LLC (also known as Beats by Dr. Dre, or simply Beats by Dre) is a subsidiary of Apple Inc. that produces audio products. Headquartered in Culver City, California, the company was founded by music producer and rapper Dr. Dre and Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine. The subsidia... | |
751278 | History of Sarajevo | History of Sarajevo This article is about the history of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the "History of Sarajevo" series, and includes separate articles for each of the discussed periods of time. Section::::Ancient history. The present day site of Sarajevo has a long and rich history dating back to t... | |
18958666 | Robbie Coltrane | Robbie Coltrane Anthony Robert McMillan (born 30 March 1950), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zhukovsky in the James Bond films "GoldenEye" and "The World Is Not Enough," and as Dr. Ed... | |
12945371 | Wallace (surname) | Wallace (surname) Wallace is a Scottish surname derived from the Anglo-Norman French "waleis", which is in turn derived from a cognate of the Old English "wylisc" (pronounced "wullish") meaning "foreigner" or "Welshman" (see also Wallach and Walhaz). The original surname may have denoted someone from the former Kingdom... | |
157770 | Siege of Yorktown | Siege of Yorktown The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and Fren... | |
49386578 | Jigsaw (2017 film) | Jigsaw (2017 film) Jigsaw is a 2017 American horror film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger, and starring Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, and Hannah Emily Anderson. It is the eighth installment in the "Saw" franchise, picking up over a decade after the ... | |
1217448 | First appearance | First appearance In American comic books and other stories with a long history, first appearance refers to the first issue to feature a fictional character. These issues are often highly valued by collectors due to their rarity and iconic status. Section::::Reader interest in first appearances. Collectors value first a... | |
44142 | Metric system | Metric system The metric system is an internationally recognised decimalised system of measurement. It is in widespread use, and where it is adopted, it is the only or most common system of weights and measures (see metrication). It is now known as the International System of Units (SI). It is used to measure everyday ... | |
5654027 | Synapse | Synapse In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell. Santiago Ramón y Cajal proposed that neurons are not continuous throughout the body, yet still communicate with each other, an idea kno... | |
270445 | Human hair color | Human hair color Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more eumelanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less eumelanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to cha... | |
270703 | Touchdown | Touchdown A touchdown is a scoring play in both American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. Section::::Description. To score a touchdown, one team must take the football int... | |
752572 | Colby cheese | Colby cheese Colby, originally Colby Cheddar, is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese originating from the United States. Section::::History. In 1885, Joseph F. Steinwand developed a new type of cheese at his father's cheese factory near Colby, Wisconsin. The cheese was named after the village, which had been founded three ye... | |
37002259 | Johnny Manziel | Johnny Manziel Johnathan Paul Manziel ( ; born December 6, 1992) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He previously played two seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) and was also a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football Leag... | |
623008 | Kangla Palace | Kangla Palace The Palace of Kangla is an old palace at Imphal in Manipur (Kangleipak). It was situated on both sides (western and eastern) of the bank of the Imphal River. But now it remains only on the western side of the bank. Only the ruins remain now. Kangla means "dry land" in old Meetei. It was the traditional se... | |
75112 | Union County, Florida | Union County, Florida Union County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida, the smallest in the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,535. The county seat is Lake Butler. With a personal per capita income of $20,396 (as of 2017), it is the fourth-poorest county in the United States. Section::::History. U... | |
39368815 | Virgin Hotels | Virgin Hotels Virgin Hotels is a brand of hotels created by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, launched in 2010. Section::::History. In October 2011 Virgin Hotels bought the 27-story Old Dearborn Bank Building in the Loop area of Chicago for $14.8 million from Urban Street Group LLC. On January 15, 2015 the first Virg... | |
30342004 | Theme from Mission: Impossible | Theme from Mission: Impossible "Theme from "Mission: Impossible"" is the theme tune of the TV series "" (1966–1973). The theme was written and composed by Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, including the , the and the video gam... | |
11376471 | Lupus Foundation of America | Lupus Foundation of America The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA), founded in 1977, is a national voluntary health organization based in Washington, D.C. with a network of chapters, offices and support groups located in communities throughout the United States. The Foundation is devoted to solving the mystery of lupus,... | |
623191 | Balamory | Balamory Balamory is a Scottish educational live action children's series on BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community called "Balamory" in Scotland. It was produced between 2002 and 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 254 episodes made (including a DVD exclusive Christmas e... | |
8802088 | List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees | List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees The Pro Football Hall of Fame includes players, coaches, and contributors (e.g., owners, general managers and team or league officials) who have "made outstanding contributions to professional football". The charter class of seventeen was selected in 1963. As of 2019, 326 ind... | |
18049082 | 1998 Open Championship | 1998 Open Championship The 1998 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 127th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. In weekend wind and rain, Mark O'Meara won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff... | |
26828712 | Quantization of the electromagnetic field | Quantization of the electromagnetic field The quantization of the electromagnetic field, means that an electromagnetic field consists of discrete energy parcels, photons. Photons are massless particles of definite energy, definite momentum, and definite spin. In order to explain the photoelectric effect, Einstein assum... | |
55199608 | Arrow (season 6) | Arrow (season 6) The sixth season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 12, 2017, and concluded on May 17, 2018, with a total of 23 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in t... | |
3812366 | The Great Outdoors (film) | The Great Outdoors (film) The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, and written and produced by John Hughes. It stars Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy and Annette Bening in her feature film debut. The film follows two families spending time on vacation in Wisconsin. Section::... | |
75235 | U.S. Route 1 | U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs , from Key West, Florida north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canada–US border, making it the longest north–south road in the United States. US 1 is generally paralleled by Inters... | |
75270 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | The Outlaw Josey Wales The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western DeLuxe Color and Panavision film set during and after the American Civil War. It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as the eponymous Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams. The film... | |
20455 | Michael Jordan | Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American former professional basketball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six NBA championships with the Chica... | |
20485 | Melbourne Cup | Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. It is the richest "two-mile" handica... | |
902 | Atom | Atom An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element. Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms. Atoms are extremely small; typical sizes are around 100 picometers (, a ten-millionth of a millimeter, or 1/254,000,000 of an inch... | |
44183 | Ozone depletion | Ozone depletion Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a steady lowering of about four percent in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere (the ozone layer), and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone around Earth's polar regions. The latter phenomenon is ... | |
44251 | Dakar | Dakar Dakar (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 2.45 million. The area around Dakar was settled in the 15th century. The Portuguese established a presence on the island of Gorée o... | |
44252 | Cape of Good Hope | Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( , , ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa. This misconception was based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and... | |
44219 | Mel Gibson | Mel Gibson Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series "Mad Max" and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop film series "Letha... | |
44245 | Ramayana | Ramayana Ramayana (; , "" ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the "Mahābhārata". Along with the "Mahābhārata", it forms the Hindu Itihasa. The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Rishi Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. It follows his f... | |
9582087 | Pitted keratolysis | Pitted keratolysis Pitted keratolysis (also known as Keratolysis plantare sulcatum, Keratoma plantare sulcatum, and Ringed keratolysis) is a bacterial skin infection of the foot. The infection is characterized by craterlike pits on the sole of the feet and toes, particularly weight bearing areas. The infection is cause... | |
9583338 | Impeachment of Andrew Johnson | Impeachment of Andrew Johnson The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors", which were detailed in 11 articles of impeachment. The primary ... | |
18969800 | Michael Clarke Duncan | Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957September 3, 2012) was an American actor best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in "The Green Mile" (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and various similar honors. He also appeared in motion pictures su... | |
55203928 | Mexico at the 2018 Winter Olympics | Mexico at the 2018 Winter Olympics Mexico competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with four competitors in three sports. German Madrazo was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. Section::::Competitors. The following is the list of number of competit... | |
27917045 | Tarun Ram Phukan | Tarun Ram Phukan Tarun Ram Phukan (also Phookun, ; 22 January 1877 – 28 July 1939) was a prominent leader of Assam. He was popularly known as "Deshbhakta". He was educated in Cotton Collegiate School, Guwahati and Presidency College, Calcutta. Later, he moved to the Bar from Inner Temple in London. He educated as a law... | |
20537 | Mainz | Mainz Mainz ( , is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The city is located on the Rhine river at its confluence with the Main river, opposite Wiesbaden on the border with Hesse. Mainz is an independent city with a population of 206,628 (2015) and forms part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropo... | |
15830654 | Total Drama Action | Total Drama Action Total Drama Action is a Canadian animated television series. It is the second season of the "Total Drama" series, which began with "Total Drama Island". The show premiered in Teletoon at 6:30 pm ET/PT on January 11, 2009. This series was also created by the makers of "6teen", another Teletoon program... | |
75469 | Ideology | Ideology An ideology is a collection of normative beliefs and values that an individual or group holds for other than purely epistemic reasons. In other words, these rely on basic assumptions about reality that may or may not have any factual basis. The term is especially used to describe systems of ideas and ideals wh... | |
158139 | Dawn Summers | Dawn Summers Dawn Summers is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Marti Noxon and David Fury on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg. She made her debut in the premiere episode of the show's fifth season and subsequently appeared in every episode... | |
158158 | Intensive pig farming | Intensive pig farming Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming is a subset of pig farming and of Industrial animal agriculture, all of which are types of animal husbandry, in which livestock domestic pigs are raised up to slaughter weight. These operations are known as AFO or CAFO in the U.S. In this sy... | |
158197 | Puff, the Magic Dragon | Puff, the Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or "Puff") is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1962 recording released in January 1963. Lipton wrote a poem in 1959; Yarrow found it and wrote the lyrics based on the poem. After the song was ... | |
12961425 | Thomas (name) | Thomas (name) Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle (one of the twelve apostles of Jesus). It is ultimately derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא , meaning "twin," and the English spelling Thomas is a transliteration of the Greek Θωμάς. Section::::Etymology. The masculin... | |
344933 | Index of optics articles | Index of optics articles Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. Because light is an electroma... | |
623579 | Paraná River | Paraná River The Paraná River ( , , ) is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language ... | |
623452 | Hannibal (2001 film) | Hannibal (2001 film) Hannibal is a 2001 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1999 novel of the same name. It is the sequel to the 1991 Academy Award–winning film "The Silence of the Lambs" in which Anthony Hopkins returns to his role as the serial killer, Ha... | |
623737 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, R... | |
1057785 | Digestive enzyme | Digestive enzyme Digestive enzymes are a group of enzymes that break down polymeric macromolecules into their smaller building blocks, in order to facilitate their absorption by the body. Digestive enzymes are found in the digestive tracts of animals (including humans) and in the traps of carnivorous plants, where they... | |
2260472 | Liam Cunningham | Liam Cunningham Liam Cunningham (born 2 June 1961) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He is known for playing Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy series "Game of Thrones". Cunningham has been nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award, the British Independent Film Award, has won two Irish Film & Television... | |
13899702 | Kate Warne | Kate Warne Kate Warne (1833 – January 28, 1868) was the first female detective, in 1856, in the Pinkerton Detective Agency and the United States. Section::::Pre–Civil War. Section::::Pre–Civil War.:Early detective work: 1856-1861. Very little is known about Kate Warne prior to her working for Allan Pinkerton, except th... | |
421807 | Cohen v. California | Cohen v. California Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with freedom of speech. The Court overturned a conviction against Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket displaying "Fuck the Draft" in the public corridors of a California co... | |
30351926 | ASD (database) | ASD (database) Allostery is the most direct and efficient way for regulation of biological macromolecule function induced by the binding of a ligand at an allosteric site topographically distinct from the orthosteric site. Due to the inherent high receptor selectivity and lower target-based toxicity, it is also expecte... | |
1410141 | Sockeye salmon | Sockeye salmon Sockeye salmon ("Oncorhynchus nerka"), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning. They can grow up to in l... |
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