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Electrorheological fluid
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Electrorheological (ER) fluids are suspensions of extremely fine non-conducting particles (up to 50 micrometres diameter) in an electrically insulating fluid. The apparent viscosity of these fluids changes reversibly by an order of up to 100,000 in response to an electric field. For example, a typical ER fluid can go from the consistency of a liquid to that of a gel, and back, with response times on the order of milliseconds. The effect is sometimes called the Winslow effect, after its discoverer the American inventor Willis Winslow, who obtained a US patent on the effect in 1947 and wrote an article published in 1949.
MMMBop
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "MMMBop" is a song written and performed by the American pop rock band Hanson from their 1997 album Middle of Nowhere. The song was nominated for two Grammys at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards in February 1998, and is the band`s most successful single to date.
List of colonial governors in 1978
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1978. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
Byron Bay, New South Wales
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Byron Bay is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 772 kilometres (480 mi) north of Sydney and 165 kilometres (103 mi) south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjacent to the town, is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. At the 2006 Census, the town had a permanent population of 4,981. The town is in turn the nucleus of Byron Shire, which has in excess of 28,000 residents. Captain James Cook named Cape Byron after circumnavigator of the world John Byron, grandfather of the poet, Lord Byron.
Dark Judges
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dark Judges are recurring villains in the fictional Judge Dredd universe recounted in the UK comic 2000 AD. They are Judge Death, Judge Fire, Judge Fear and Judge Mortis. Later storylines added the "Sisters of Death" (Phobia and Nausea), to their ranks. Former Judge Kraken was also a Dark Judge for a brief time during the Necropolis story.
Sally Ride
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman—and then-youngest American, at 32—to enter space. In 1987 she left NASA to work at Stanford University`s Center for International Security and Arms Control.
Letty Jimenez Magsanoc
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc is a Filipino journalist and editor, notable for her role in overthrowing the dictatorship] of Ferdinand Marcos. Magsanoc was editor of the crusading weekly opposition tabloid Mr & Ms Special Edition. She is currently editor in chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Will Blunderfield
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Will Blunderfield (born July 18, 1985) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and yoga instructor. He is signed to Nettwerk/Nutone Records. Blunderfield`s music is influenced by his roots in New York City`s musical theater scene and by traditional Indian music, which he first became familiar with at age 18. He is an ambassador for lululemon athletica, Vega, and Manduka Yoga Mats.Xtra identified Blunderfield as the first openly gay Canadian mainstream pop artist to launch a career on a major label.
2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 19th and final IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships. It took place between 10 and 15 March 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was won by China, who claimed their second title by defeating all five other nations. Australia and New Zealand finished second and third respectively.
A. Barr Snively
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Barr "Whoop" Snively II (c. 1899 – April 15, 1964) was an American football player and coach of lacrosse, football, and ice hockey. He played football for Princeton University from 1921 to 1923 and was captain of the 1923 team. He held coaching positions at Williams College in lacrosse, football and hockey from 1928 to 1948 and at the University of New Hampshire from 1953 to 1964.
Hired armed cutter Courier
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Hired armed cutter Courier appears twice in the records of the Royal Navy. The size and armament suggests that both contracts may represent the same vessel. On the first contract the captain and crew were awarded clasps to the Naval General Service Medal, one for a boat action and one for a single ship action in which they distinguished themselves.
Concepts (C++)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Concepts and the related notion of axioms were an extension to C++`s template system proposed for C++0x. They were designed to improve compiler diagnostics and to allow programmers to codify in the program some formal properties of templates that they write. Incorporating these limited formal specifications into the program (in addition to improving code clarity) can guide some compiler optimizations, and can potentially help improve program reliability through the use of formal verification tools to check that the implementation and specification actually match.
2009 European Judo Championships
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 European Judo Championships were the 20th edition of the European Judo Championships, held in the Sports Palace, in Tbilisi, Georgia, from April 24 to April 26, 2009.
Phillips Mansion
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Phillips Mansion is a Second Empire style historic house in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. It was built in 1875 by Louis Phillips, who by the 1890s had become the wealthiest man in Los Angeles County. Situated along the Butterfield Stage route, the Phillips Mansion became a center of community activity in the Pomona and Spadra area. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, making it among the first 25 sites in Los Angeles County to be so designated. (There are now more than 450.)
List of Denver Broncos head coaches
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team has played their home games at the Invesco Field at Mile High since 2001. The Broncos are currently owned by Pat Bowlen.
Collection of the National Gallery, London
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Gallery is the primary British national public art gallery, sited on Trafalgar Square, in central London. It is home to one of the world`s greatest collections of Western European paintings. Founded in 1824, from an initial purchase of 36 paintings by the British Government, its collections have since grown to about 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, most of which are on display. This page lists some of the highlights of the collection.
DLG3
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Disks large homolog 3 (DLG3) also known as neuroendocrine-DLG or synapse-associated protein 102 (SAP-102) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLG3 gene. DLG3 is a member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) superfamily of proteins.
James T. Monroe
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James T. Monroe is an American scholar. He is emeritus professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, focusing on Classical Arabic Literature and Hispano-Arabic Literature. Professor Monroe "works in the areas of lyric poetry, the Middle Ages, and East-West relations with particular interest in the importance of the Arab contribution to Spanish civilization." His doctorate was from Harvard.
List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City local authority in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries.
Ontario Highway 409
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! King`s Highway 409, also known as Highway 409, colloquially as the four-oh-nine and historically as the Belfield Expressway, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that extends from Highway 401 in Toronto to Pearson International Airport, west of Highway 427, in Mississauga. It is a short freeway used mainly as a bypass for traffic approaching the airport or Highway 427 northbound from Highway 401 westbound, as both are not accessible at the complex interchange between Highways 401 and 427.
Margaret Truman
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924–January 29, 2008), also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel, was an American singer who later became a successful writer. The only child of US President Harry S. Truman, she was "a witty, hard-working Midwestern girl with singing talent who was neither particularly pretty nor terribly plain."
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