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Mansplaining (a blend word of man and the informal form splaining of the gerund explaining) is a pejorative term meaning "(of a man) to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner".[1][2][3][4] Author Rebecca Solnit ascribes the phenomenon to a combination of "overconfidence and cluelessness".[5] Lily Rothman, of The Atlantic, defines it as "explaining without regard to the fact that the explainee knows more than th...

London Breed45th Mayor of San FranciscoIncumbentAssumed office July 11, 2018Preceded byMark FarrellIn officeDecember 12, 2017 – January 23, 2018ActingPreceded byEd LeeSucceeded byMark FarrellPresident of the San Francisco Board of SupervisorsIn officeJanuary 8, 2015 – June 26, 2018Preceded byKaty TangSucceeded byMalia CohenMember of the San Francisco Board of Supervisorsfrom the 5th districtIn officeJanuary 8, 2013 – July 11, 2018Preceded byChristina OlagueSucceeded byVallie BrownPersonal detai...

The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV; Chinese: 中国科学院武汉病毒研究所; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Wǔhàn Bìngdú Yánjiūsuǒ) is a research institute administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on virology, and is located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, China. In 2015, the Institute opened the first biosafety level 4 (BSL–4) laboratory to be built in mainland China. History The Institute was founded in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 196...

An archangel is an angel of high rank. The word "archangel" itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings that are very similar to archangels are found in a number of religious traditions. The English word archangel is derived from the Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arch- + angel, literally "chief angel" or "angel of origin").[1] It appears only twice in the New Testament in the phrase "with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God" (1 Thessalonians 4:16) and in r...

Solo: A Star Wars Story (or simply Solo) is a 2018 American space Western film[13][14] based around the Star Wars character Han Solo, also featuring his original trilogy co-protagonists Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second Star Wars anthology film following Rogue One (2016). Alden Ehrenreich stars as Han Solo alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, P...

This is a list of angels in theology, including both specific angels (e.g. Gabriel) and types of angels (e.g. seraphim). Note that some overlap is to be expected with the list of theological demons entry, since various traditions have different classifications for the spirits they mention. Name Religion Type Domain Abaddon, also known in Greek as Apollyon Christianity, Judaism Destruction Abathar Muzania Mandaeism The weighing of souls Aglibol Ancient Canaanite religion Angel of the god Baal Ha...

White nationalism is a type of nationalism or pan-nationalism which espouses the belief that white people are a race[1] and seeks to develop and maintain a white racial and national identity.[2][3][4] Its proponents identify with and are attached to the concept of a white nation, of a "white ethnostate".[5] Analysts describe white nationalism as overlapping with white supremacism and white separatism.[6][4][7][8][9][10] White nationalism is sometimes described as a euphemism for, or subset of, ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, stealth multirole combat aircraft, designed for both air superiority and strike missions. The aircraft was developed and is built by Lockheed Martin and its subcontractors, which include Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and BAE Systems. The F-35 has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A (CTOL), the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B (STOVL), and the carrier-...

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales[1] (born August 7, 1966) is an American-British[4] Internet entrepreneur.[2][5] He is a co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia[6] and the for-profit web hosting company Wikia.[7] Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school.[8][9] He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama respectively.[9] In graduate school, Wales taught at tw...

"NEMS Enterprises" redirects here. For the Latin American record label, see NEMS Enterprises (label). Brian Samuel Epstein (;[1] 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from January 1962 until his death. He was referred to as the "fifth Beatle" due to his role in the group's business affairs, image and rise to global fame. Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him in charge of their music shop. Here he ...