text
stringlengths
50
8.28k
Disney Magazine Disney Magazine was an official Disney magazine that was published quarterly from December 1965 to April 2005.
Semiprimitive ring In algebra, a semiprimitive ring or Jacobson semisimple ring or J-semisimple ring is a ring whose Jacobson radical is zero. This is a type of ring more general than a semisimple ring, but where simple modules still provide enough information about the ring. Rings such as the ring of integers are semi...
Tamper-evident band The tamper-evident band (also known as the pilfer-proof ring -however considered a misnomer given that pilfering is still technically possible) is a plastic or metal ring that is often found attached below a screw cap in bottles, connected by thin bridges. They can be molded along with the cap or sl...
Ring En Español The Ring En Español was a Spanish version of boxing publication "The Ring" magazine. "Ring En Español" was published from 1977 to 1985. Originally published from Caracas, it moved in 1981 to Miami, to Editorial America (currently owned by Televisa), the same editorial house that oversaw the production o...
The Tritonian Ring The Tritonian Ring is a fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp as part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine "Two Complete Science Adventure Books" for Winter, 1951, and first appeared in book form in de Camp's collection "The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales" (Tw...
Disney Adventures Disney Adventures (also short-formed as "D.A.") was a children's entertainment and educational magazine published twelve (later ten) times per year by Disney Publishing Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney Consumer Products, a unit of The Walt Disney Company. It should not be confused with the (now defun...
Bit-Tech Bit-Tech is an online magazine for computer hardware enthusiasts, gamers and case modders, based in the UK. It was founded in 2000, became a fully professional online publication in 2005, and announced its acquisition by Dennis Publishing in October 2008. Dennis Publishing then partnered the site with existing...
Benny Lynch Benny Lynch (2 April 1913 – 6 August 1946 in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and has been described as the greatest fighter Scotland ever prod...
Computer Magazine Computer Magazine (and their website www.ComputerMagazine.com) is a popular magazine and online news site on computing and technology, offering current news and reviews of popular and new business and consumer technologies, software, hardware, mobile computing, tablets, PCs, Macs, Windows, Linux, tele...
The Ring (magazine) The Ring (often called The Ring magazine or Ring TV) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, "The Ring" shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publicat...
Songs from the Laundry Room Songs from the Laundry Room is an EP by American rock band Foo Fighters, released exclusively for Record Store Day 2015. This EP and the Foo Fighters album are the two Foo Fighters releases upon which Dave Grohl plays all the instruments.
List of Foo Fighters band members Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band formed by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Dave Grohl in 1994. After recording the album "Foo Fighters" alone, Grohl enlisted guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith to join the band. This lineup recorde...
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth Foo Fighters: Back and Forth is a 2011 rockumentary about the American rock band Foo Fighters, directed by filmmaker James Moll. The film documents the band's history, and gets its title from a track on the Foo Fighters' seventh studio album "Wasting Light".
Foo Fighters discography The discography of Foo Fighters, an American rock band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl, consists of nine studio albums, four extended plays (EPs), six video albums, and 36 singles. The current Foo Fighters line-up consists of Grohl (vocals and guitar), Taylor Hawkins (drums), Rami Jaffee (keyboard...
One by One (Foo Fighters album) One by One is the fourth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on October 22, 2002 by RCA. The album is the first to feature guitarist Chris Shiflett. Production on the album was troubled, with initial recording sessions considered unsatisfying and raising tensions be...
The Colour and the Shape The Colour and the Shape is the second studio album by the American rock band Foo Fighters. Produced by Gil Norton, it was released through Capitol Records and the group's own Roswell Records on May 20, 1997. The record is the debut of the Foo Fighters as a group, as the band's previous record,...
Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate was an American emo band from Seattle, Washington. They were one of the early emo bands and helped establish the genre. In 1994, the band released their debut album "Diary" on Sub Pop Records to critical acclaim. However, shortly after releasing their second album "LP2", the ...
The Fire Theft The Fire Theft was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. They were formed in 2001 by vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Enigk, bassist Nate Mendel, and drummer William Goldsmith, all of whom were previously members of Sunny Day Real Estate. Mendel also plays bass for Foo Fighters, and Goldsmith drummed ...
The Nation Blue The Nation Blue is a rock band formed in Tasmania and based in Melbourne, Victoria, noted for their intense live performances and bleak subject matter. They have toured nationally in Australia and internationally in Brazil, America and Japan and have supported Helmet and Foo Fighters. In the third song ...
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of Nirvana after the death of Kurt Cobain. The group got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied...
Jim Parsons James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for playing Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory". He has received several awards for his performance, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award f...
Macross Ace Frontier Macross Ace Frontier (マクロス エース フロンティア , makurosu ēsu furontia ) is a shooting game developed by Artdink for the PlayStation Portable. The game is based on Studio Nue's popular "Macross" series, one of which is known in the West as the first generation of "Robotech". It features original elements as...
Euglossa bazinga Euglossa bazinga is a euglossine bee species found in Brazil. It is named after the catchphrase of the fictional character Dr. Sheldon Cooper from the television show "The Big Bang Theory". It was previously misidentified as "Euglossa ignita", and is threatened with habitat loss.
Leonard Hofstadter Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series "The Big Bang Theory", in which he is portrayed by actor Johnny Galecki. Leonard is an experimental physicist, who shares an apartment with colleague and best friend Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). For his portr...
Margo Harshman Margo Cathleen Harshman (born March 4, 1986) is an American actress known for her role as Tawny Dean on the Disney Channel series "Even Stevens". She is also known for her role on "The Big Bang Theory" as Sheldon Cooper's assistant, Alex Jensen, and as Delilah Fielding on "NCIS".
Young Sheldon Young Sheldon (stylized as young Sheldon) is an American television sitcom on CBS created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to "The Big Bang Theory" and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iai...
Steven Molaro Steven Molaro, also known as Steve Molaro, is an American television producer and writer. He has worked on such productions as "Freddie", "The Class", "Complete Savages" and the Dan Schneider-produced series "All That", "The Amanda Show", "What I Like About You", "Drake & Josh", "Zoey 101" and "iCarly". S...
Sheldon Cooper Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series "The Big Bang Theory" and "Young Sheldon", portrayed by actor Jim Parsons in "The Big Bang Theory" and Iain Armitage in "Young Sheldon". For his portrayal, Parsons has won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Aw...
Damon Dark Damon Dark is an independent public access TV series and web series from Australia about a heroic and obsessive investigator of UFO incidents and other strange cases, created by Australian writer, actor and film maker Adrian Sherlock. Damon James Dark became a dedicated alien investigator after a close encou...
Penny (The Big Bang Theory) Penny is a fictional character on the American CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", portrayed by actress Kaley Cuoco. She is the primary female character in the series, befriending her across-the-hall neighbors Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), two physicists...
Młyniska, Myślibórz County Młyniska (formerly German "Mühlenfünftel") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębno, within Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 11 km south of Dębno, 35 km south of Myślibórz, and 87 km south of the regional capital S...
Proof Range, South Australia Proof Range is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 74 km north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre and about 6 km south of the town centre of Port Wakefield. Its boundaries were created in January 2000 in respect ...
Electoral district of Mawson Mawson is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It covers most of the outer southern suburbs of the City of Onkaparinga, including Hackham, Hackham West, Huntfield Heights, Noarlunga Downs, Old Noarlunga, Onkaparinga Hills and Seaford Hei...
Bielsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship Bielsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Morzeszczyn, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 6 km south of Morzeszczyn, 35 km south of Tczew, and 65 km south of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Penor, Pahang Penor is a small town 35 km south of Kuantan town. Located near the Kuantan-Pekan district border, it is accessible by the Tanjung Lumpur Highway ( ). Penor houses the jail of Pahang, Penor Jail, which is Penor's landmark. Apart from the jail, Penor is famous among locals for its calm beach and also as a ...
Cradock, South Australia Cradock is a settlement 320 kilometres north of Adelaide on the Hawker to Orroroo Road in South Australia. The nearest town with a greater population is Hawker which is approximately 20 km away with a population of around 360. Cradock is in the Flinders Ranges Council area, the state Electoral ...
Poljčane Poljčane (] ) is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the Municipality of Poljčane. It lies 35 km south of Maribor and 35 km northeast of Celje. Traditionally the area was part of the Styria region. The town lies in the Dravinja Valley north of Mount Boč. It is a crossing of two important...
Tymawa, Pomeranian Voivodeship Tymawa (German "Thymau") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniew, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 km south of Gniew, 35 km south of Tczew, and 65 km south of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Lipia Góra, Pomeranian Voivodeship Lipia Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Morzeszczyn, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 6 km south of Morzeszczyn, 35 km south of Tczew, and 65 km south of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Electoral district of Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Port Adelaide because of its geographical location, it is a 91.3 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's Lefevre Peninsula and stretches east toward Adelaide's northern ...
Native Tour The Native Tour (also known as the Native Summer Tour in North America or Native Fall Tour in Europe) is the third headlining concert tour by American pop-rock band, OneRepublic in support of their third studio album, "Native" (2013). OneRepublic were joined on the Native Summer leg of the tour by, The Scri...
Dregea Dregea is a genus of vines in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 1838. It is native to Africa and southern Asia.
Emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis, commonly known as the emerald ash borer, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to northeastern Asia that feeds on ash species. Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. In its nat...
Sino-Tibetan languages The Sino-Tibetan languages, in a few sources also known as Tibeto-Burman or Trans-Himalayan, are a family of more than 400 languages spoken in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The family is second only to Indo-European in terms of the number of native speakers. The Sino-Tibetan languages...
Oenanthe javanica Oenanthe javanica, commonly Java waterdropwort, Chinese celery, Indian pennywort, water celery and water dropwort, is a plant of the water dropwort genus originating from East Asia. (Chinese celery is also the name given to "Apium graveolens" var. "secalinum"). It has a widespread native distribution ...
Dregea volubilis Dregea volubilis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family that is native to India.
Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family that is native to China.
Bothriochloa ischaemum Bothriochloa ischaemum is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae, found throughout much of the world. It is commonly known as yellow bluestem. Two varieties are recognized, of which "Bothriochloa ischaemum" var. "ischaemum" is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa and naturalized elsewhe...
Pterostyrax Pterostyrax, the epaulette tree, is a small genus of four species of deciduous large shrubs or small trees in the family Styracaceae, native to eastern Asia in China and Japan. They grow 4 - tall, with alternate, simple ovate leaves 6 - long and 4 - broad. The flowers are white, produced in dense panicles 8...
Pterostyrax hispidus Pterostyrax hispidus, the epaulette tree or fragrant epaulette tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae, native to China and Japan. Growing to 15 m tall by 12 m broad, it is a substantial, spreading, deciduous shrub with oval leaves up to 20 cm long, and clusters of pure whit...
Nesthäkchen and the World War Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Anne Marie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age and grandchildren (Nesthäkchen with White Hair). Volume 4 describes Anne Marie's expe...
Point Anne, Ontario Point Anne is a ghost town on the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario, Canada. It was the birthplace of hockey greats Bobby Hull and Dennis Hull, as well as painter Manley MacDonald. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Portland cement industry was positively booming. Portland cemen...
Caesar's invasions of Britain In the course of his Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar invaded Britain twice: in 55 and 54 BC. The first invasion, in late summer, was unsuccessful, gaining the Romans little else besides a beachhead on the coast of Kent. The second invasion achieved more: the Romans installed a king, Mandubraciu...
Manly E. MacDonald Manly Edward MacDonald (1889 – 1971) was a Canadian semi-impressionistic painter who was born in Point Anne, close to Belleville, Ontario. He was the son of William MacDonald, a farmer and fisherman who emigrated to Canada from England. His work captured and recorded rural Ontario practices such as p...
Seonbawi Station Seonbawi Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 4 in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do. Most of its passengers use the station as a transfer point between various buses and Line 4. Besides a few bus stops, there really is not much else in the vicinity of this station.
Libguestfs libguestfs is a C library and a set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual disk images used in platform virtualization. The tools can be used for viewing and editing virtual machines (VMs) managed by libvirt and files inside VMs, scripting changes to VMs, creating VMs, and much else besides.
Painface Painface is an American Death metal band that originally formed in 1997 in Des Moines, Iowa, by former Slipknot frontman Anders Colsefni. The band broke up in 2001, later reforming in 2011, and releasing a new E.P. in 2013 titled 'Skullcrusher'. The band was set to release their first album since Fleshcraft (2...
Nesthäkchen Flies From the Nest Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Anne Marie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age and grandchildren (Nesthäkchen with White Hair). Volume 6, published 1921, describe...
O Tú o Ninguna "O Tú o Ninguna" (English: "Or You or Nobody" ) is a song written by Juan Carlos Calderón and produced and performed by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. The song is a bolero in which the protagonist cannot envision his life without anyone else besides his love interest. It was released as the second single fr...
Bobby Hull Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull, OC (born January 3, 1939) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blonde hair, end to end rushes, incredible skating speed, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "The Golden Je...
Hasbro Family Game Night Hasbro Family Game Night is a video game originally released for the PlayStation 2 and Wii published by Electronic Arts. It is a mini-game collection consisting of six Hasbro board games - Battleship, Boggle, Connect Four, Sorry!, Sorry! Sliders and Yahtzee. The games all have traditional versi...
Boggle (1997 video game) Boggle is a word puzzle video game based off the word game of the same name. It was published on September 30, 1997 by Hasbro Interactive, and developed by PCA, Inc. and Third-i Productions. The game was released for Windows 95.
Game client A Game client is a network client that connects an individual user to the main game server, used mainly in multiplayer video games. It collects data such as score, player status, position and movement from a single player and send it to the game server, which allows the server to collect each individual's d...
Data East USA, Inc. v. Epyx, Inc. Data East USA, Inc. v. Epyx, Inc. 862 F.2d 204, 9 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1322 (9th Cir. 1988) is a court case in which Data East, a video game manufacturer, contended that Epyx, a competing video game manufacturer, licensed and distributed a video game, "International Karate", that infringed...
Word Streak with Friends Word Streak (formerly Scramble with Friends) is a word game developed by Zynga with Friends for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android and released in January 2012. Gameplay is similar to that of "Boggle" - players try to find as many words as possible in a jumbled 4x4 grid of letters by connecting ad...
Dofus Dofus is a Flash-based tactical turn-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many other languages. It is primarily a pay-to-play game, thou...
Online word game An online Word game is a word game based in an online venue. Like many online games, many online word games are accessed via web browsers such as Facebook, Thaibg, and etc.
WordCrex WordCrex is a mobile app similar to the famous word game Scrabble and Wordfeud. The iOS-version was released June 2, 2016 and the Android-version 8 september 2016. The game was presented as the first free fair word game challenge. "WordCrex" was developed by two Dutch creative friends Jelle Verwaijen and Dimit...
Camouflage (2007 game show) Camouflage is a television game show airing on GSN. Hosted by Roger Lodge, and billed as "the hidden word game where the answer is always right in front of you", "Camouflage" originally aired for 40 episodes from July 2 to 27, 2007. The show is a word game, with contestants searching for a h...
Boggle Boggle is a word game designed by Allan Turoff and originally distributed by Parker Brothers. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters.
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time T2 3-D: Battle Across Time is an attraction at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Japan, with a former location at Universal Studios Hollywood. The version of the show at Universal Studios Hollywood closed in 2012 and the version at Universal Studios Florida will close in 2017.
Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular is an attraction based on the 1995 film "Waterworld" found at Universal Studios Hollywood (1995), Universal Studios Japan (2001), and Universal Studios Singapore (2010). The original attraction opened at the same time as the film. Although th...
Guardians of the Galaxy (Epcot Attraction) Guardians of the Galaxy is an upcoming attraction to be built at Epcot within the Walt Disney World Resort. It will be the third attraction based on a Marvel Comics property at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts after the Iron Man Experience at Hong Kong Disneyland and at Disney Ca...
Twister...Ride it Out Twister...Ride It Out was a special effects attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, based on the 1996 film "Twister". It was announced in 1997 and replaced the Ghostbusters Spooktacular attraction in the New York area of the park. The attraction was hosted by actors Bill Paxton and Helen ...
Jaws (ride) Jaws is a theme park attraction at Universal Studios Japan. Based upon the films of the same name. The attraction places guests aboard tour boats for what should be a leisurely tour of Amity Harbor, but instead becomes a harrowing chase between the craft and a very determined great white shark. Jaws is an e...
Revenge of the Mummy Revenge of the Mummy, officially named Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride, is an enclosed roller coaster based on the "Mummy" film franchise, located at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Universal Studios Singapore, using linear induction motors (LIMs) to launch riders from a ...
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem Despicable Me Minion Mayhem is a 4-D computer-animated simulator ride attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Universal Studios Japan. The attraction is based on Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment's 2010 animated film "Despicable Me" an...
Backdraft (attraction) Backdraft is a fire special effects show at Universal Studios Japan, and formerly Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. The show is based on the film of the same name. Visitors can learn how the pyrotechnic effects were created and experience some of them first hand. The Hollywood attraction wa...
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running "Tonight Show" franch...
Fear Factor Live Fear Factor Live is an attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, and previously, Universal Studios Hollywood. Both attractions opened in Spring of 2005. The Hollywood attraction was closed on August 14, 2008 to make way for , which opened in Spring 2009. The Florida attraction began operating on...
Nick Skelton Nicholas David Skelton, CBE (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire) is a former British equestrian who competed in show jumping. He retired at the age of 59 years old, on 5 April 2017. He began riding at age 18 months and in 1975 took two team silvers and an individual gold at the Junior European C...
Kathy Bergen Kathy Bergen (born December 24, 1939) is an American Masters athletics track and field athlete. She is the current world record holder in the W70 100 meters and the high jump. She also holds the Indoor World records for the W65 high jump, the W70 60 meters, 200 meters and high jump. And she holds the Ameri...
Pine Mountain Jump The Pine Mountain Ski Jump is one of the highest artificially created ski jumps in the world, located in Iron Mountain, Michigan, Dickinson County. It is part of the Kiwanis Ski Club and hosts annual FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup competitions. "Pine Mountain Slide is known throughout the world as o...
Åsarna IK Åsarna IK, founded in 1924, is a Swedish sports club in Åsarna. The club has had many prominent competitors in cross country skiing, which is evident in the nickname of the village Åsarna, "Guldbyn" (golden village), which was coined after the 1988 Winter Olympics when three out of the four cmpetitors in the ...
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards Michael Edwards (born 5 December 1963), best known as "Eddie the Eagle", is a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1929 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events. He became the British ski jumping record holde...
George Horine George Leslie Horine (February 3, 1890 – November 28, 1948) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the high jump. He is credited with developing a technique called a forerunner to the western roll, a technique he developed due to the layout of his backyard where he practiced which was considered "...
Galina Chistyakova Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Валентиновна Чистякова , Slovak: "Galina Čisťaková" ; born 26 July 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the ...
Pedro Pérez Pedro Damián Pérez Dueñas (] ; born February 23, 1952 in Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a retired triple jumper from Cuba. He set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres, while still a 19-year-old Junior athlete, in the final of the Pan American Games. His mark was a...
Cliff jumping Cliff jumping is jumping off a cliff as a form of sport. When done without equipment, it may be also known as tombstoning. It forms part of the sport of coastal exploration or "coasteering". When performed with a parachute, it is known as BASE jumping. The world record for cliff jumping is currently held ...
Vera Olenchenko Vera Olenchenko (born March 21, 1959) is a Soviet born athlete. While she was one of the best long jumpers in the world, she did not make it beyond domestic competition in the prime of her career dominated by a crop of top long jumpers including Olympic champion Tatyana Kolpakova, world record holder Ga...
List of Christopher Wren churches in London Eighty-eight parish churches were burned during the Great Fire of London in 1666. The office of Christopher Wren rebuilt 51 parish churches and St Paul's Cathedral. Many of these churches were demolished as the population of the City of London declined in the 19th century and...
St Dionis Backchurch St Dionis Backchurch was a parish church in the Langbourn ward of the City of London. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London to the designs of Christopher Wren and demolished in 1878.
St Dionis Vicarage St Dionis Vicarage is a Grade II listed vicarage at 18 Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UH. It was built in 1898-99 to a design by the architect William White.
Archdeaconry of St Andrews The Archdeaconry of St Andrews was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese. The St Andrews archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of St Andrews, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the Archdeaconry of St Andre...
St Dionis Mission Hall St Dionis Mission Hall is a Grade II listed church hall at 18a Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UH.
The Iron Church The Iron Church or The Cast Iron Church is a term which has been used to refer to any of the three churches built in Liverpool in the early 19th century by John Cragg, who ran the Mersey Iron Foundry. The churches incorporated substantial cast iron elements into their structure and decoration. Two of th...
Thomas Graham Jackson Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (21 December 1835 – 7 November 1924) was one of the most distinguished English architects of his generation. He is best remembered for his work at Oxford for Oxford Military College as well as the University, notably: the Exam...
Minster (church) Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most famously York Minster in York, Westminster in London and Southwell Minster in Southwell. The term "minster" is first found in royal foundation charters of the 7th century. Although it corresponds to the Latin "monasterium" or m...
St Mary's Church, Acton St Mary's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building. A church has been present on this site since before the time of the Domesday Survey. The tower is...
Great Fire of London The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the aristocratic...