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Schools Interoperability Framework
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Schools Interoperability Framework, Systems Interoperability Framework (UK), or SIF, is a data sharing open specification for academic institutions from kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). Until recently, it has been used primarily in the United States alone; however, it is increasingly being implemented in Australia, the UK, India and elsewhere.
The Edible Woman
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming separated. As Marian begins endowing food with human qualities that cause her to identify with it, she finds herself unable to eat, repelled by metaphorical cannibalism. In a foreword written in 1979 for the Virago edition of The Edible Woman, Atwood described the work as protofeminist rather than feminist.
Eavan Boland
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Eavan Boland (born 24 September 1944 in Dublin) is an Irish poet.
Vanga
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The vangas (from vanga, Malagasy for the Hook-billed Vanga, Vanga curvirostris) are a group of little-known small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to Madagascar and the Comoros. They are usually classified as the family Vangidae. There are about 22 species, depending on taxonomy. Most species are shrike-like, arboreal forest birds, feeding on reptiles, frogs and insects. Several other Madagascan birds more similar to Old World warblers, Old World babblers or Old world flycatchers are now often placed in this family. Vangas differ greatly in bill shape and have a variety of foraging methods. Their stick nests are built in trees. They do not migrate.
Sea Girt, New Jersey
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sea Girt is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,828.
Wilton Hack
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wilton Hack (21 May 1843 – 27 February 1923) was an Australian artist, traveller, lecturer and utopist with interests in Theosophy and Eastern cultures.
List of Miss Supranational countries
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following list consists of countries and territories that have sent a delegate to the international beauty pageant of Miss Supranational. 3 of the current delegations have won at least once in history, since the first edition in 2009.
Sipuleucel-T
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sipuleucel-T (APC8015, Provenge), manufactured by Dendreon Corporation, is a therapeutic cancer vaccine for prostate cancer (CaP). It must be prepared specifically for each patient. In metastatic prostate cancer, it has extended survival by about four months. It costs $93,000 for a course of treatment.
Mariage (card game)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mariage or Mariagespiel is a German 6-card trick-and-draw game for two players in which players score bonus points for the "marriage" of King and Queen of the same suit. The game, first documented in 1715 in Leipzig, spawned numerous offshoots throughout continental Europe. Many of these are still the national card games of their respective countries.
Awesome (window manager)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! awesome is a dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages. The latter is also used for configuring and extending the window manager. Its development began as a fork of dwm. It aims to be extremely small and fast, yet extensively customizable and make it possible for the user to productively manage windows with the use of keyboard.
Zhang Lingfu
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zhang Lingfu (1903–1947) was a high-ranking general of the National Revolutionary Army. He successfully fought against the Chinese Communist army and the Imperial Japanese Army. In 1947, his unit was surrounded by Chinese communist forces commanded by Field Marshal Chen Yi and General Su Yu, unable to breakout from the communist encirclement because the relief efforts headed by his nationalist colleagues did not arrive on time, he was killed in action in the Menglianggu Campaign on May 16, 1947.
1927–28 New York Americans season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1927–28 New York Americans season was the American`s third season of play. The team finished in last place in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Rayon Payne
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rayon Payne is known by many names. He was born on (November 7, 1974) in Guyana, South America, and grew up in Brooklyn, NY. Payne is most known for being the only man in U.S. history who was sent to prisons for masterminding the largest unlicensed radio network most commonly known as "pirate radio". The pirate radio station was known as 95live (95.9FM) in Orlando, Fl. Payne hosted a talk show called (Afternoon Crash) weekdays with Co- Host Maestro & Chaos, and longtime producer Micheal "Cheda" Rich. Due to the success of the radio show, 95live, and being an out spoken critic of local government, Payne became a target of Central Florida law enforcement agencies. In July 2000 he graced the cover...
1991 Detroit Lions season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1991 season for the Detroit Lions saw the team finish 12-4, win the NFC Central Division, and appear in the playoffs for the first time since 1983. It stands as the team`s best season since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. The Lions finished the season undefeated in the Pontiac Silverdome, including playoffs, and the team did not lose a game at an indoor facility the entire season, having made trips to Indianapolis and Minnesota during the year. The 1991 season saw the Lions debut of wide receiver Herman Moore, the team`s 1991 first round draft pick who went on to set records as part of an explosive passing offense later in the decade.
ObsCure II
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! ObsCure II is a survival horror video game developed by Hydravision Entertainment and published by Playlogic Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Wii. It is the sequel to the 2004 video game ObsCure. The game was released on September 7, 2007 in Europe, March 25, 2008 under the name ObsCure: The Aftermath in North America and June 12, 2008 in Australia. Later in 2009, Playlogic announced a PlayStation Portable version and was released on September 29, 2009.
Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games, but Australia and New Zealand would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920.
Elias Breeskin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elias Breeskin (1896 – May 9, 1969) was a violinist, composer and conductor.
Joshua Fouts
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Joshua Fouts (born March 24, 1967 in Inglewood, California, USA) is a US digital media and cultural relations strategist, entrepreneur, and writer known for his work and research helping to define the evolving role of emerging technology on business and culture. He co-founded and directed the Online Journalism Review, the first digital publication of its kind, two think tanks the Online Journalism & Communication Center, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, has taught graduate courses on the applied use of new media for business and cultural relations at the University of Southern California Annenberg School, before joining Dancing Ink Productions where he has co-directed numerous projects with...
List of Italian American Medal of Honor recipients
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following is a list of Italian-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who were awarded the American military`s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor, sometimes referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is bestowed "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, in actual combat against an armed enemy force." The medal is awarded by the President of the United States on behalf of the Congress.
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