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Maybe not notable[edit]

  1. Cassini I < famed Holsteiner stallion

Games[edit]

  1. Left Jack, Screw the Dealer, Stick the Dealer, Farmer's Hand - variations of Eucher
  2. Baker scoring system -> bowling scoring system
  3. Futile Game < A game which permits a draw ("tie") when played properly by both players

Sociology and culture[edit]

  1. International Quiet Sun Year, IQSY (International Year of the Quiet Sun) -> An international cooperative effort, similar to the International Geophysical Year, extending through 1964 and 1965, to study the sun and its terrestrial and planetary effects during the minimum of the 11-year cycle of solar activity.
  2. Dhuleti -> "This Indian holiday immediately after Holi marks the ushering in of warmer spring and is also a day of celebration."
  3. Hsing-Ming, (Hsing-Ming) < Legalist school of thought and Lao-tzu: literally "form and names", see Huang-lo, Tao-te
  4. Seringueiro -> a person who collect rubber sap, especially in Brazil
  5. Ten Coronas -> Australian race horse. see racing stats
  6. Yawata No Kami -> Honorary title in Japan
  7. Piggy Palace Good Times Society -> organization registered in Canada in 1996 by Robert Pickton to "organize, co-ordinate, manage and operate special events, functions, dances, shows and exhibitions on behalf of service organizations, sports organizations and other worthy groups.", Although it was considerably more insidious than that.
  8. Miss Somerset -> New Jersey beauty pageant
  9. My Soldier - Program started by Sgt. Juan Salas where people wear red bands who have a personal connection to armed forces overseas
  10. I Have a Future - Program Foster founded in order to combat teen pregnancy. [1]
  11. Chapter 77 Movement -> according to the Packet, human rights movement founded by Milan Hlavsa: See Charter 77?

Geography[edit]

  1. Bohai Strait or Bo Hai Strait -> Strait at the easternmost end of the Bohai Sea in China - redirects to sea
  2. Casita volcano -> Nicaraguan volcano; site of mudslides during Hurricane Mitch. See this article. Notable?
  3. Kalakun < place/creek in Guyana
  4. Altieri chapel -> in San Francesco a Ripa
  5. Citadel of Mycenae -> ancient Greek structure. See Lion Gate or Mycenae
  6. Street of the Dead, Avenue of the Dead, Calle de los Muertos - a street in Teotihuacan, Mexico.
  7. Cirque basin -> a steep, semicircular hollow formed high on a mountain slope by the erosive action of a glacier. They usually fill up and become lakes called tarns
  8. Via Antonio da Canal -> area in Venice; Via Antonio Canal, named for Canaletto
  9. International Hydrological Decade < "research program on water problems that began on Jan. 1, 1965"
  10. Mount San Rafael, Cerro San Rafael -> in Spanish Wikipedia
  11. Poipu Bay Golf Course < location of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Grand Slam of Golf
  12. Fish Gate < gate into Jerusalem

History[edit]

  1. Crime against Kansas Speech -> speech made by Charles Sumner
  2. Fujiwara period -> Japanese period from 900 to 1200ad. Ruling of the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
  3. Los desaparecidos, Disappeared ones -> forced disappearances during Argentina's Dirty War in the 1970s
  4. Iwaki Daira Revolt < 1739 tax revolt. See History of tax resistance#18th century
  5. Indian Ring scandal -> In 1876, William Belknap accepted bribes from licensed companies to trade on Native American reservations. During the Grant administration, Secretary of War William Belknap took bribes from companies looking to do business on Native American reservations. quiz bowl answer
  6. Walker commission, Walker Commission on Chicago Democratic Convention and the Chicago Police -> commission appointed to investigate the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention. See this document
  7. Intrepid class ship
  8. Shouldered arch - a type of arch. Described in the Arch article
  9. Battle of Ballivian -> Battle during Chaco War. Lasted from March to July 1934
  10. Ecloga Legum -> Leo III the Isaurian's updated version of Justinian's "Corpus Juris Civilis". See Byzantine_law#Ecloga
  11. Percy's Rebellion -> "Named for the family that rebelled against King Henry IV, its primary conflict occurred at Shrewsbury in 1403. Harry Hotspur, a member of that family, joined Owen Glendower at Shrewsbury but was killed by an arrow"

Companies[edit]

  1. Bradley-Morris, Inc. -> largest military placement firm in the United States
  2. Hooker Furniture -> furniture company; products often appear on the Price is Right
  3. Heart-Mate -> tradename for an implantable pneumatic left-ventricular assist system which, implanted into the body, pumps blood instead of the ailing heart. This device works by assisting the heart's main pumping chamber so that it continues to perform.
  4. Global Information Solutions -> UK-based software development company

Computer science[edit]

  1. Steady-state error -> type of error in control systems. See steady state errors
  2. Unix Domain Protocol -> see Unix Domain Protocols
  3. Collection lookup - operation performed by the exclamation mark in visual basic (Given a computer language, identify what the exclamation mark does for ten points each. ... visual basic [2])
  4. Non-Saturating -> "ECL and Schottky TTL are both examples of this type of logic family, so named because the transistors are unable to enter a certain mode of operation. Logic families of this type are generally quite fast."
  5. Public member Private member Protected member, Variable member -> Information hiding - double check?
  6. Device-status table < contains entry for each I/O device indicating its type, address, and state.
  7. First Order Predicate Logic -> in artificial intelligence, a knowledge representation form that involves objects, relations on those objects (such as brother of or bigger than), and properties on those objects (such as red or round) - redirect to First-order logic

Philosophy[edit]

  1. Deductively valid - An argument in which there is no possible world in which all the premises are true and the conclusion is false is deemed to be this. [3]
  2. Deductively sound - An argument is considered to be this if and only if it is valid and all the premises are true in the actual world (meaning the facts as they stand now in the world). [4]


Done[edit]

  1. Selten's horse < in game theory, a concept by Reinhard Selten
  2. Simon Bolivar's birthday -> holiday observed in Venezuela and Bolivia on July 24
  3. Jinas, Arihantas, Kevalis, Vitragis -> types of Tirthankaras - redirect - can be own article
  4. Thinite Confederacy, Theban period, Tanite period - periods of Egyptian history [5]
  5. The Festival of Izcalli Izcalli is the name of the Eighteenth and last month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the Aztec religion, the principal deity is Xiuhtecuhtli the fire God and old People are honored this month and is known as Rebirth Month
  6. Erhu -> small two stringed Chinese string instrument, played upright with a bow.
  7. AMD -> Technology company
  8. Devarata -> something of Indian origin
  9. White Guelfs, White Guelf, White Guelphs, White Guelph, Black Guelfs, Black Guelf, Black Guelphs, Black Guelph < Guelphs and Ghibellines does not need a standalone
  10. Majlis -> Unicameral legislature found in Turkmenistan
  11. Council of Vezelay < setting for Second Crusade mtg