Qatar (/ËkæËtÉr/, i/ËkÉËtÉr/, /ËkÉËtÉr/ or i/kÉËtÉr/; Arabic: Ùطرââ Qatar [ËqÉtˤÉr]; local vernacular pronunciation: [ɡɪtˤÉr]), officially the State of Qatar (Arabic: دÙÙØ© Ùطرââ Dawlaṫ Qatar), is a sovereign Arab country located in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the…
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Effectual calling (or effective calling) in Calvinist Christian soteriology is a stage in the ordo salutis in which God calls a person to himself. It is connected with, but different from external calling, in which a person hears the gospel…
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Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects mostly animals. It is not contagious but can be transmitted through contact or consumption of infected meat. Effective vaccines…
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Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done). There are many different standards and types of horsepower. The most common horsepowerâespecially for electrical powerâis 1 hp = 746 watts. The term was adopted…
Verne Troyer
Verne J. Troyer (born January 1, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. He is notable for his height of 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m), the result of cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism, making him one of the shortest men in the world.…
Juan Uribe
Juan Cespedes Uribe Tena (born March 22, 1979) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He stands 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighs 235 pounds (107 kg). He has also played in…
FIFA corruption
Fourteen people, including nine associated with the governing body of world football, FIFA, were indicted in May 2015 in connection with an investigation by the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering that has…
Is Charlie Charlie Real
Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 â 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona “the Tramp”…
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Richard John “Rick” Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1995â2007) and was the Senate’s third-ranking Republican (2001â07). He ran as a candidate for the…
Effective Power
In alternating current (AC), the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction, whereas in direct current (DC, also dc), the flow of electric charge is only in one direction. The abbreviations AC and DC are often used to mean simply…
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