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 Baseball Stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baseball Stars was one of the first sports games to have data memory, therefore players could create a team, configure a small baseball league, and play a whole season (all while the CPU stored cumulative statistics).
Baseball Stars was also the first sports game to have the create a player feature; giving players the power to name their players, as well as their teams.
Baseball Stars Professional (1990, one of the first Neo-Geo games published) featured all the teams in the original Baseball Stars for the NES, but the teams' features could not be changed, gamers could only play as them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball_Stars   (1832 words)

  
 Blue Supergiant Stars
Blue-white stars are typically characterized by a B-type spectrum.
Blue supergiant stars are typically characterized by an O-Type spectrum.
It was fortunate that the star which produced Supernova 1987A was a known star, a blue supergiant star which had been catalogued as SK-69202.
hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /hbase/starlog/blusup.html   (1832 words)

  
 Baltimore, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baltimore grew swiftly in the mid-late 18th century as the granary for sugar producing colonies in the Caribbean.
Baltimore's population peaked at 949,708 in the 1950 Census, which ranked it as the sixth-largest city in the country, behind Detroit and ahead of Cleveland.
Baltimore is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore   (2745 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Grammar Lessons for Pop Stars
MSN Encarta - Grammar Lessons for Pop Stars
It's the end of the term, and I can finally give them the grades they deserve for butchering the mother tongue in the name of the Top 40.
It's a wonder we haven't all been brainwashed into saying "baby" instead of "um" when we're pausing mid-sentence.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/columns/?article=grammarpopmain   (2745 words)

  
 Magic star -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The smallest examples of normal magic stars are therefore 6-pointed.
The magic constant of an n-pointed normal magic star is M = 4n + 2.
No star polygons with fewer than 5 points exist, and the construction of a normal 5-pointed magic star turns out to be impossible.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/magic_star.htm   (134 words)

  
 Dallas Stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1978 the Cleveland Barons merged with the North Stars.
The Dallas Stars are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Dallas, Texas.
The Minnesota North Stars were founded as an expansion team in 1967, playing their games at the newly-constructed Metropolitan Sports Center (the "Met Center") in Bloomington, adjacent to Metropolitan Stadium.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dallas_Stars   (488 words)

  
 Lincoln, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Other sports teams are the Lincoln Saltdogs, a minor league baseball team in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball; the Lincoln Stars, a USHL junior ice hockey team; the Lincoln Capitals, an NIFL indoor football team; and the Lincoln Thunder, an ABA basketball team.
Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska and is the county seat of Lancaster County.
Lincoln's nickname is the "Star City" (from the use of a star to mark state capitals on road maps); the city's logo consists of a star comprised of 5 Ls.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska   (488 words)

  
 List of nearest stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stars invisible to the naked eye are shown in grey.
Notes: The light year distances for the nearest star systems taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or Recons).
This list of the nearest stars to Earth is ordered by increasing distance out to a maximum of 5 parsecs (16.2 light years).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_nearest_stars   (131 words)

  
 The Stars and Stripes Forever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
" The Stars and Stripes Forever "
The band calls their speedy rendering of the march Stars and Stri b es, and performs the march at all Saturday parties at the Trondheim Student Society.
Conductor Leopold Stokowski wrote a famous transcription of "Stars and Stripes Forever" for orchestra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_Forever   (131 words)

  
 Shooting Stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In early 2005, an obvious rip-off of Shooting Stars, called the Mike and Thomas Show, was broadcast on Dutch television, the most notable difference being that the show was presented from behind two grand pianos.
Shooting Stars is a UK television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two.
The original panel of Shooting Stars, left to right: Vic Reeves, Mark Lamarr, Bob Mortimer and Ulrika Jonsson
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shooting_Stars   (1536 words)

  
 Turkish Stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Turkish Stars are the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force and the official national aerobatic team of Turkey.
The team was formed on November 7, 1992, was officially named the Turkish Stars on January 11, 1993.
The team flies 8 Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighters, making them one of the few teams to fly supersonic aircraft aerobatically.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkish_Stars   (118 words)

  
 Music of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The biggest Turkish pop star of the 20th century was probably Sezen Aksu, known for overseeing the Turkish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest and was known both for her light pop music and her controversial stances on feminism, Serbia and the Cumartesi Anneleri.
When the modern Turkish state was proclaimed in 1923, the new republic aimed at creating a nation with a distinct and unified culture.
Although this Turkish influence was a fad, it introduced the cymbals, bass drum, and bells into the symphony orchestra, where they remain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Turkey   (2278 words)

  
 Tacoma Stars: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
The Tacoma Stars were a franchise in the original Major Indoor Soccer League Major Soccer League quick summary:
The major soccer league, originally called the major indoor soccer league, was an indoor soccer league in the usa from 1978 to 1992....
(Tacoma was the only team in MISL history to defeat the San Diego Sockers[Click link for more facts about this topic] in a playoff series.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tacoma_stars.htm   (139 words)

  
 Stars (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band's breakthrough single was "Ageless Beauty", from their 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire.
Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman, the band relocated to New York City and then subsequently to Montreal.
Millan and Cranley are also members of the indie band Broken Social Scene.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stars_(band)   (194 words)

  
 Detroit, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Detroit was also the former home of a round of the Formula One World Championship, holding a race on the streets of downtown Detroit from 1982 until 1987, after which the sanction moved from Formula One to Indycars.
In 1796 Detroit and its surrounding areas passed to the United States, and from 1805 to 1847 the town was the territorial and state capitol of Michigan.
Detroit is also considered the birthplace of techno music—techno pioneers Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson established their names in Detroit, and techno progenitors Carl Craig and Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) built their reputations there as well.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Detroit   (5453 words)

  
 Star Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.org
Scientifically, stars are defined as self-gravitating spheres of plasma in hydrostatic equilibrium, which generate their own energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
There are more single stars than previously thought
Larger (giant) stars have much bigger, much more obvious starspots, and also exhibit strong stellar limb-darkening (the brightness decreases towards the edge of the stellar disk).
www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/Star   (2070 words)

  
 E-8 Joint STARS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a United States Air Force airborne battle management and command and control (C2) platform that conducts ground surveillance to develop an understanding of the enemy situation and to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces.
Joint STARS developmental aircraft were also called to support the NATO peacekeeping mission, Operation Joint Endeavor, in December 1995.
The E-8C Joint STARS routinely supports various taskings of the Combined Force Command Korea during the North Korean winter exercise cycle and for the United Nations enforcing resolutions on Iraq.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/E-8_Joint_STARS   (1534 words)

  
 Earth's Nearest or Closest Stars
Distances to stars are difficult to measure accurately.
Stars with magnitudes beyond 6 are difficult to see without binoculars or a telescope.
Stars move and the earth's axis precesses (wobbles), so these values will change slowly with time.
www.essex1.com /people/speer/stars.html   (244 words)

  
 San Antonio Silver Stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the eight original WNBA teams, the Utah Starzz (partially named after the old ABA team, the Utah Stars, but with the zz at the end like many sports teams in Utah) never fully met the same success as their NBA counterpart, the Utah Jazz.
Despite having a solid nucleus of stars in Jennifer Azzi, Natalie Williams and Marie Ferdinand the Starzz never ranked among the WNBA elite.
In 2003, the Silver Stars made their first major roster move when they traded star Natalie Williams along with Coretta Brown to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Sylvia Crawley and Gwen Jackson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars   (452 words)

  
 Tacoma, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tacoma's system of number extends to the furthest reaches of Pierce County, except for the Key Peninsula, which retains the same basis for north-south streets but chooses the Pierce-Kitsap line as the zero point for east-west streets.
With an estimated population of 196,800 Tacoma stands as the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area, after Seattle, the third-largest in the state, and the seat of government of Pierce County.
Tacoma, in addition to the professional sports teams of Seattle, has one minor league baseball franchise, the Tacoma Rainiers, a Triple-A team playing in the Pacific Coast League as a farm team of the Seattle Mariners.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tacoma,_Washington   (3407 words)

  
 Supergiant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rather than modelling individual stars, the latest trend has been to model clusters of stars and then compare the distribution of the resulting models with the observed supergiant distributions in things like the Magellanic Clouds.
Most supergiants are either blue supergiants existing on the main sequence as type O or B and red supergiants existing off the main sequence.
The modelling of supergiants is still an active area of research and is made more difficult by issues such as stellar mass loss.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supergiant   (3407 words)

  
 Pornographic actor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Due to longstanding stigma associated with this profession, it is almost universal for porn stars to use stage names and keep their real names secret; with the rise of the Internet, however, the real names of most porn stars are now commonly available.
To be considered a porn star, one must appear chiefly in porn movies and be filmed in explicit sexual acts, usually with close-up shots of the genitalia during sexual acts and where explicit nudity is involved.
A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porn_star   (976 words)

  
 mykindaplace - music
Check out how the stars survived the rain and still maintained their fashion sense at this year’s music festival in Glastonbury.
Smallville’s Tom Welling tells MKP how he ditched the tights and cap to transform Clark Kent into one of the most popular teenage television stars.
Read all about this super hunk’s experiences with stardom and how his show has flown to the top of the ratings.
www.mykindaplace.com /music   (976 words)

  
 Vega - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a "nearby star" at only 26 light years distance, and together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the brightest stars in the Sun 's neighbourhood.
Since more powerful stars use their fusion fuel more quickly than smaller ones, Vega's life time is only one billion years, a tenth of our Sun's.
The star has been the subject of many 'firsts' in Astronomy; in 1850 it became the first star to be photographed, and in 1872 the first to have its spectrum photographed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vega   (976 words)

  
 The Brightest Stars
Intrinsically Rigel is one of the brightest stars known having an absolute magnitude -6.4.
On the magnitude scale, if two stars differ by one magnitude, then the brighter star, with lower magnitude, is 2.512 times as bright as the fainter.
Among the brightest stars as we see them, there is only one, alpha Centauri, with a comparable absolute magnitude to the Sun.
www.faster.co.nz /~rasnz/Stars/BrightStars.htm   (976 words)

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