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| Netball Netball is a limited-contact team sport originating from the United States similar to, and derived from, basketball. Invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer, a pioneer in women's sport, netball is now pre-eminently played as a women's team sport in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in the West Indies, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom. Over 20 million people play netball in more than 70 countries. Netball | |
| Natural theology Natural theology is a branch of theology based on reason and ordinary experience. Thus it is distinguished from revealed theology (or revealed religion) which is based on scripture and religious experiences of various kinds; and also from transcendental theology, theology from a priori reasoning.Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC) in his (lost) Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum established a distinction of three kinds of theology:civil (political) (theologia civilis), natural (physical) (theologia naturalis) and mythical (theologia mythica). Natural_theology | |
| New Age New Age (also known as the New Age Movement, New Age spirituality, and Cosmic Humanism) is a decentralized Western social and spiritual movement that seeks "Universal Truth" and the attainment of the highest individual human potential. It combines aspects of cosmology, astrology, esotericism, alternative medicine, music, collectivism, sustainability, and nature. New_Age | |
| Nationalism Nationalism refers to an ideology, a sentiment, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. It is a type of collectivism emphasizing the collective of a specific nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all specialists accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a modern phenomenon originating in Europe. Nationalism | |
| Ohio State University The Ohio State University (OSU) is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the largest single-campus university in the United States. Ohio State is currently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the best public university in Ohio, among the top 60 universities in the United States, and among the top 20 public universities in the United States. Ohio_State_University | |
| Objectivism (Ayn Rand) Objectivism is the philosophy developed by the Russian-born American philosopher, writer, and novelist, Ayn Rand moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest; that the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights, embodied in pure laissez faire capitalism; and that the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that he can comprehend and to which he can respond emotionally. Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand) | |
| Oberkommando des Heeres Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) was Nazi Germany's High Command of the Army from 1936 to 1945. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) commanded OKH only in theory. However, after 1941, de facto OKW directly commanded operations on the Western front while OKH commanded the Eastern front.For commanding the navy and the air force, Third Reich had also Oberkommando der Marine (OKM) and Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) respectively. These were theoretically subordinate to OKW, but in actuality acted quite independently. Oberkommando_des_Heeres | |
| Oort cloud The Oort cloud ( ort, alternatively the Öpik-Oort Cloud ) is a hypothetical spherical cloud of comets which may lie roughly 50,000 AU, or nearly a light-year, from the Sun. This places the cloud at nearly a quarter of the distance to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun. Oort_cloud | |
| Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry". Ogden_Nash | |
| Oxbridge Oxbridge is a composite of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior intellectual or social status. Oxbridge can be used as a noun refering to either or both universities or as an adjective describing them or their students. Oxbridge | |
| Oberlin College Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833 by Presbyterian ministers, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked liberal arts college (#20 according to US News & World Report) with a top-ranked conservatory. Oberlin_College | |
| Estrogen Estrogens (U.S., otherwise oestrogens or œstrogens) are a group of steroid compounds, named for their importance in the estrous cycle, and functioning as the primary female sex hormone.Estrogens are used as part of some oral contraceptives, in estrogen replacement therapy of postmenopausal women, and in hormone replacement therapy for transwomen. Estrogen | |
| Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Oscar_Wilde | |
| Ötzi the Iceman Ötzi the Iceman (pronounced ), and Similaun Man are modern names of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC (53 centuries ago). The mummy was found in September of 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. Ötzi_the_Iceman | |
| Owain Glyndŵr Talk:Owain_Glyndŵr | |
| Planet A planet (from Greek , from the verb planōmai I wander), is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals. Planet | |
| Play (theatre) A play, or stageplay, is a form of literature written by a playwright, almost always consisting of scripted dialogue between fictional characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed or read. Therefore, the term "play" can refer to both the written works of playwrights and to their complete theatrical performance. Play_(theatre) | |
| Paleontology Paleontology (Britishpalaeontology) is the study of prehistoric life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments (their paleoecology). As a "historical science" it tries to explain causes rather than conduct experiments to observe effects. Paleontology | |
| History of Pakistan The history of Pakistan as a state began with independence from British India on 14 August 1947, although the region that is now called Pakistan has been inhabited continuously for at least two million years; the region's ancient history includes some of the oldest settlements of South Asia and some of its major civilizations. History_of_Pakistan | |
| Geography of Pakistan Geography_of_Pakistan | |
| Demographics of Pakistan demographic features of the population of Pakistan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.Pakistan's estimated population was 172,800,000 in July 2008. Demographics_of_Pakistan | |
| Economy of the Philippines Economy_of_the_Philippines | |
| Foreign relations of the Philippines Foreign relations of the Philippines is administered by the President of the Philippines and the nation's Department of Foreign Affairs. Much of the republic's international relations are dominated by the Philippines' ties to its Southeast Asian neighbors, United States, and the Middle East. Foreign_relations_of_the_Philippines | |
| Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern:Pitkern Ailen), officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. The names of the islands are Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno; only Pitcairn, the second largest, is inhabited. Pitcairn_Islands | |
| Demographics of Puerto Rico demographic features of the population of Puerto Rico, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Demographics_of_Puerto_Rico | |
| Paleontology Talk:Paleontology | |
| Procopius Procopius of Caesarea (Latin:Procopius Caesarensis, ; c. 500 – c. 565) was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History. He is commonly held to be the last major historian of the ancient world. Procopius | |
| Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – OctoberPope, head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City, from March 2, 1939 until his death in 1958. Pope_Pius_XII | |
| Posthumous execution Posthumous execution is the ritual or ceremonial execution of an already dead body. Posthumous_execution | |
| Plato Talk:Plato | |
| Palestine Talk:Palestine | |
| Flatworm The flatworms, known in scientific literature as Platyhelminthes (from the Greek πλατύ, platy, meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (roothelminth-, meaning worm) are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrate animals. Unlike other bilaterians they have no body cavity, and no specialized circulatory and respiratory organs, which restricts them to flattened shapes that allow oxygen and nutrients to pass through their bodies by diffusion. Flatworm | |
| Phantom island Phantom islands are islands that were believed to exist, and appeared on maps for a period of time (sometimes centuries) during recorded history, but were later removed after they proved nonexistent. In contrast, lost lands are islands or continents believed by some to have existed during prehistory, often associated with ancient myths and legends.Phantom islands usually stem from the reports of early sailors exploring new realms. Phantom_island | |
| Punic Wars Punic Wars are a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC. They were probably the largest wars yet of the ancient world. The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning "Carthaginian", with reference the Carthaginians' Phoenician ancestry.The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. Punic_Wars | |
| Pentium FDIV bug Pentium FDIV bug was a bug in Intel's original Pentium floating point unit. Certain floating point division operations performed with these processors would produce incorrect results. According to Intel, there were a few missing entries in the lookup table used by the divide operation algorithm.The flaw was independently discovered and publicly disclosed by Professor Thomas Nicely, then at Lynchburg College, in October 1994. Pentium_FDIV_bug | |
| Pauli exclusion principle The Pauli exclusion principle is a quantum mechanical principle formulated by Wolfgang Pauli in 1925. It states that no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously. A more rigorous statement of this principle is that, for two identical fermions, the total wave function is anti-symmetric. Pauli_exclusion_principle | |
| Political question In United States law, a ruling that a matter in controversy is a political question is a statement by a federal court declining to rule in a case because The U.S. Constitution has committed decision-making on this subject to a coordinate branch of the federal government; or There are inadequate standards for the court to apply; or The court feels it is prudent not to interfere. Political_question | |
| Pentium Talk:Pentium | |
| Palestinian National Authority Talk:Palestinian_National_Authority | |
| Quake Quake is a first-person shooter video game that was released by id Software on June 22, 1996. It was the first game in the popular Quake series of video games.Quake was released just as the Internet was commercially coming of age, and much of its popularity arose because it was one of the few games of its kind playable over the internet rather than just a local network. Quake | |
| Québécois (word) The French word Québécois (pronounced ; feminine:Québécoise (pronounced ), sometimes rendered as Québécois (fem.Québécoise) and anglicised to Québécois (fem.Québécoise), is used in both French and English to refer to different persons or concepts, depending on the language and/or the context in which the word is being used. Québécois_(word) | |
| Romania Romania | |
| Rifle rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon. Rifle | |
| History of Romania This article provides only a brief outline of each period of the History of Romania; details are presented in separate articles (see the links in the box and below). History_of_Romania | |
| Rugby league Rugby league is a full-contact team sport, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football (the other being rugby union) and is arguably the most physically punishing of any team sport. Rugby_league | |
| Renaissance dance Renaissance dances belong to the broad group of historical dances.The dances in these manuals are extremely varied in nature. They range from slow, stately dances (bassadance, pavane, almain) to fast, lively dances (galliard, coranto, canario). The former, in which the dancers' feet did not leave the ground were styled the dance basse while energetic dances with leaps and lifts were called the haute dance. Renaissance_dance | |
| Historical revisionism (negationism) For the critical re-examination of historical facts see Historical revisionism.Historical revisionism is either the legitimate scholastic correction of existing knowledge about an historical event, or the illegitimate distortion of the historical record such that certain events appear in a more or less favourable light. For the former, i.e. the academic pursuit, see historical revisionism. This article deals solely with the latter, i.e. the illegitimate kind, which Historical_revisionism_(negationism) | |
| Received Pronunciation Received Pronunciation (RP)—also called the Queen's (or King's) English and BBC English—is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional dialects similar to that of other European languages. Although there is nothing intrinsic about RP that marks it as superior to any other variety, sociolinguistic factors give Received Pronunciation particular prestige in England and Wales. Received_Pronunciation | |
| Richard I of England Richard I (8 September 1157 King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was known as Cœur de Lion or, Richard the Lionheart, even before his accession, because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. Richard_I_of_England | |
| Race and intelligence Race and intelligence have in some cases been claimed to be correlated. Contemporary debate on this issue focuses on the nature, causes, and rectifications of ethnic differences in intelligence test scores. The question of the relative roles of nature and nurture in correlation does not prove causation. No gene has been shown to be linked to intelligence, "so attempts to provide a compelling genetic link of race to intelligence are not feasible at this time". Race_and_intelligence |
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