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Screensaver
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A screensaver is a type of computer program initially designed to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors by blanking the screen or filling it with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use. Contemporary screensavers are used primarily for entertainment, security or to display system status information.
List of historic places in Greater Sudbury
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a list of significant places in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The Sudbury Municipal Heritage Committee (SMHC) listed 64 sites in a Heritage Position Paper as part of its new Downtown Sudbury Master Plan in April 2011.
Tetratonic scale
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A tetratonic scale is a musical scale or mode with four notes per octave. This is in contrast to a heptatonic (seven-note) scale such as the major scale and minor scale, or a dodecatonic (chromatic 12-note ) scale, both common in modern Western music. Tetratonic scales are not common in modern art music, and are generally associated with primitive music.
List of Android Launchers
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The launcher presents the main view of the phone and is responsible for starting other apps and hosting live widgets.
1983 CFL Draft
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1983 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where over 72 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Additional players were selected as territorial exemptions, but the following exemptions comprise of an incomplete list.
Koralm Railway
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Koralm railway (German: Koralmbahn) is a proposed 125 km long two track, electrified, high-speed railway link under construction connecting the Austrian cities of Graz and Klagenfurt. Construction started in 2001, the whole link is expected to be operational by 2022.
Island of Peace massacre
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Island of Peace massacre was a Mass murder attack that occurred at the Island of Peace site in Naharayim on March 13, 1997 in which a Jordanian soldier opened fire at a large group of Israeli schoolgirls from the AMIT Fuerst School in Beit Shemesh who were on a class field trip, killing seven of them and injuring six others.
Brice Guidon
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Brice Guidon (born July 16, 1985), also known as "Nectar", is a French Muay Thai kickboxer, currently fighting in K-1 and It`s Showtime. He is the W.P.M.F. European Heavyweight and World Super Heavyweight Muaythai Champion.
David Arblaster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! David Amos Arblaster, (16 November 1929–10 August 2006) was a New South Wales politician, Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation and Minister for Tourism in the cabinet of Sir Eric Willis until the Liberal party lost the 1976 election. Arblaster was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Mosman in 1972 and served until his retirement in 1984.
US Sarre-Union
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Union Sportive Sarre-Union is a French association football team.
Nieuport-Delage NiD 42
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 was a fighter aircraft built in France in the early 1920s, the first in a family of designs that would form the backbone of the French fighter force over the next decade.
Marine Optical Buoy
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) measures light at and very near the sea surface in a specific location over a long period of time, serving as part of an ocean color observation system. Satellites are another component of the system, providing global coverage through remote sensing; however, satellites measure light above the Earth`s atmosphere, becoming subject to interference from the atmosphere itself and other light sources. The Marine Optical Buoy helps alleviate that interference and thus improve the quality of the overall ocean color observation system.
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is a U.S. military program to develop an air-to-surface missile to replace the current BGM-71 TOW, AGM-114 Hellfire and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The US Army and Marines both plan to buy thousands of JAGMs.
Azzam Tamimi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Azzam Tamimi (sometimes spelled Azam Tamimi) is a British Palestinian academic and political activist. He is currently the director of Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London and appears regularly on al-Jazeera, Press TV and other Arabic and English language television stations, and frequently publishes opinion pieces in the Guardian. He is also a prominent member of the Muslim Association of Britain and the Stop the War Coalition. Tamimi has written several books on Middle Eastern and Islamic politics, including Rachid Ghannouchi, Democrat within Islamism and Hamas: A History from Within.
Cycling jersey
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A cycling jersey is a specialized jersey (shirt) for cycling. While the vast majority of cyclists worldwide wear conventional clothing while riding, a jersey offers certain advantages for the serious cyclist. A cycling jersey is cut long in the back to accommodate the bent-over position used in serious cycling. Any pockets on the jersey are placed on the back panel as front pockets would tend to spill. The zipper is often made very long so that the cyclist can open up the jersey to allow for ventilation. The cycling jersey is usually worn with a tight fit in order to reduce air resistance. Jerseys are made from a material designed to wick moisture from the skin, keeping the cyclist cooler and...
Daughter of Fortune
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Daughter of Fortune (original Spanish title Hija de la fortuna) is a novel by Isabel Allende, and was chosen as an Oprah`s Book Club selection in February 2000. Isabel Allende says "of her female protagonist in Daughter of Fortune, Eliza, that she might well represent who the author might have been in another life." "Allende spent seven years of research on this, her fifth novel, which she says is a story of a young woman`s search for self-knowledge." "Allende also believes that the novel reflects her own struggle to define the role of feminism in her life." Allende also wrote a sequel to Daughter of Fortune entitled Portrait in Sepia which follows Eliza Sommers` grand-daughter.
Newcastle Cathedral
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! St Nicholas`s Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Its full title is The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle, the most northerly diocese of the Anglican Church in England, which reaches from the River Tyne as far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed and as far west as Alston in Cumbria. Newcastle Cathedral is the second tallest religious building in Newcastle and the sixth tallest structure in the city overall.
Jeremy Bates (tennis)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Michael Jeremy Bates, commonly known as Jeremy Bates, (born 19 June 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. He was born in Solihull, England. During his career, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. After retiring from the professional circuit, he has served as the captain of Britain`s Davis Cup team.
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World is a side-scrolling platform game based on the Simpsons franchise and features many aspects from the television series. It was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and then in 1993 for Amiga, Atari ST, Game Gear and Sega Master System. In the game, the player controls Bart as he travels around the world on a scavenger hunt while facing against Mr. Burns` family and agents. The game has received mixed reviews from critics since its release.
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