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37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
it is open and can be traversed by bicycle, on foot or by motorized all-terrain vehicles serving as a shortcut from Hunedoara to Govăjdia.
- The second tunnel is at 8 km from Hunedoara at Tulea hamlet from Govăjdia. It is a 42-metre-long curved tunnel serving as a passing through a crest o... | 6,131,300 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
through a crest of the mountain located at km 13+520 from Hunedoara, at the confluences of Nădrab and Retişoara rivers. It is a 44-metre-long curved tunnel which has an inside lined with concrete, and the ceiling has traces of soot from the early steam locomotives. The tracks here were remo... | 6,131,301 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
6 were viaducts. The rest were between 3 and 15 meters in length over different obstacles (gorges, rivers, trenches). The two viaducts from the Retişoara valley were scrapped in the early 1990s. The rest of the bridges and viaducts were scrapped between 2001 and 2003, leaving the first and ... | 6,131,302 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
a workshop at Crişcior, Hunedoara county and is specialized in restoring narrow-gauge rolling sock and infrastructure. Today the Zlaşti valley viaduct, the original metallic bridge from Govăjdia and the pillars and abutments of the former bridges remain.
# Locomotives and rolling stock.
O... | 6,131,303 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
a 7-ton capacity each, ran on two axles with manual actuated braking systems. The old hopper cars were replaced in the early 1980s with 20 ton and 22 ton capacity "K" type hopper cars, that ran on four axles mounted in two bogies, the cars had pneumatic braking systems, only the unloading m... | 6,131,304 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
or abroad. The last two L45H class locomotives and the last ten "K" type hopper cars were used till the autumn of 2008 for transportation of limestone from the improvised loading station at Hunedoara West-Station to the limeworks from Zlaşti. In the autumn of 2009 the last two locomotives a... | 6,131,305 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
continued till no track was left. The group haven't given up and persevered on protesting. They've created webpages where this line was promoted on the internet using photographs from when the railway was working. They continue insisting on the authorities that this railway if rebuilt will ... | 6,131,306 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
year for what's left of this railway. Under this period the local authorities were compelled to produce the necessary documents for this line to receive the permanent historical monument status.
On 2 April 2011 a group of around 200 young volunteers decided to clear the vegetation off the ... | 6,131,307 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
had expired since the local authorities failed to produce the necessary documents.
The local authorities promised that they are going to start the procedure for the reconstruction of the railway, but for now they are only promises. The youth of Hunedoara continues to fight for the reconstr... | 6,131,308 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
be used for the accessing of EU funds for the reconstruction of the railway. Further negotiations are carried out for the takeover of the trackbed and annexes from another company that owns them.
# External links.
- Transylvanian Mining Railway on OpenStreetMap
- Old and recent photos ab... | 6,131,309 |
37318746 | Transylvanian mining railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transylvanian%20mining%20railway | Transylvanian mining railway
over of the trackbed and annexes from another company that owns them.
# External links.
- Transylvanian Mining Railway on OpenStreetMap
- Old and recent photos about the Transylvanian Mining Railway on Panoramio.
- The page of this line on Facebook.
- The official webpage of this line ... | 6,131,310 |
37318936 | Juha Janhunen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juha%20Janhunen | Juha Janhunen
Juha Janhunen
Juha Janhunen (born 12 February 1952 in Pori) is a Finnish linguist whose wide interests include Uralic and Mongolic languages. Since 1994 he has been Professor in East Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has done fieldwork on Samoyedic languages and on Khamnigan Mongol. More re... | 6,131,311 |
37318936 | Juha Janhunen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juha%20Janhunen | Juha Janhunen
ollaborated with Chinese scholar Wu Yingzhe to produce a critical edition of two newly discovered Liao Dynasty epitaphs written in the Khitan small script.
He is a critic of the Altaic hypothesis.
# Notable works.
- Juha Janhunen (ed.) (2003). "The Mongolic languages". London: Routledge.
- Juha Janhun... | 6,131,312 |
37318942 | Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pakistani%20cricket%20team%20in%20India%20in%202012–13 | Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13
Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13
The Pakistan cricket team toured India from 25 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. The tour consisted of three One Day International, and two Twenty20 International matches. This was Pakistan's first cricket tour of India in five years.... | 6,131,313 |
37319084 | Pwedeng Pwede | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pwedeng%20Pwede | Pwedeng Pwede
Pwedeng Pwede
Pwedeng Pwede (also known as Puwedeng Puwede) (English: You can or Absolutely Alright) is a defunct ABS-CBN comedy sitcom which aired from September 8, 1999 to October 16, 2001.
# Cast.
- Robin Padilla as Carding
- Redford White † as Bruce
- Ogie Diaz as Charlotte
- Vhong Navarro as Sa... | 6,131,314 |
37319010 | Sylvester Greenaway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sylvester%20Greenaway | Sylvester Greenaway
Sylvester Greenaway
Sylvester Greenaway (19 May 1946 – 15 December 2018) was a West Indian cricketer. Greenaway was a right-handed batsman. He was born on Montserrat.
Greenaway first played for Montserrat in 1961 as a 15-year-old. He was a substitute for Montserrat opener Peter Cabey, who was unab... | 6,131,315 |
37319010 | Sylvester Greenaway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sylvester%20Greenaway | Sylvester Greenaway
Islands. The first came against the Windward Islands, while the second came against the touring New Zealanders. However, in four batting innings he scored just 15 runs at an average of 3.75. He played his final season for Montserrat in the 1975 Leeward Islands tournament. Ironically, he scored the o... | 6,131,316 |
37319010 | Sylvester Greenaway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sylvester%20Greenaway | Sylvester Greenaway
played his final season for Montserrat in the 1975 Leeward Islands tournament. Ironically, he scored the only century of his career against Antigua that summer, finishing with 157 as he and Jim Allen put on a partnership of 240 runs. In the 1980s, the Montserrat cricket team had another player named... | 6,131,317 |
37319085 | Castra of Porceni | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castra%20of%20Porceni | Castra of Porceni
Castra of Porceni
It was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.
# See also.
- List of castra
# External links.
- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth
- Castrele romane de la Bumbești Jiu, cea mai simplă soluție pentru dezvoltarea orașului | 6,131,318 |
37318960 | List of Justice In The City episodes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20Justice%20In%20The%20City%20episodes | List of Justice In The City episodes
List of Justice In The City episodes
Below is an episodic synopsis of "Justice In The City", which consists of 30 episodes and broadcast on ntv7 in Malaysia and MediaCorp Channel 8 in Singapore. The synopsis is according to Singapore's synopsis.
# See also.
- List of programmes b... | 6,131,319 |
37319104 | QT8 (Milan Metro) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QT8%20(Milan%20Metro) | QT8 (Milan Metro)
QT8 (Milan Metro)
QT8 is a station on Line 1 of Milan Metro in Milan, Italy. The underground station was opened in 1975 and is located on Piazza Santa Maria Nascente, in QT8 district. It's an underground station, placed within the urban fare limit.
# Services.
The station has:
- Escalator
- Ticke... | 6,131,320 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
Ben Swann
Benjamin Swann (born July 17, 1978) is an American television news anchor, investigative journalist, and political commentator. He became a sports producer for TV, and later a news journalist and producer, and managing editor on network affiliates, FOX, and RT America of the Russian state-owned TV ... | 6,131,321 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
"kill list" which is used to direct drone strikes against American citizens, like Anwar al-Awlaki. In a manner reminiscent of right-wing conspiracy websites, Swann reported on conspiracy theories about the Aurora, Colorado shootings, questioned the truth of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, presente... | 6,131,322 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
false Pizzagate conspiracy theory as potentially true, Swann was forced by WGCL to bring down his "Truth in Media" website and all of his social media. About a year later, he was fired when WGCL learned that Swann was planning to relaunch "Truth in Media".
# Education.
Swann was homeschooled with nine broth... | 6,131,323 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
his local Baptist Church in Canutillo in El Paso County, Texas. At the age of 19, he began preaching at revivals in Texas. Unable to find a position as a pastor in El Paso, he followed one of his brother's suggestion to get a job in TV news. At that time, four of his brothers worked in television. Three were ... | 6,131,324 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
2008, he became an evening news anchor for the NBC affiliate KTSM-TV. He won regional Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2009, as well as a national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2002 for Continuing Coverage of Alexandra Flores. During this period, Swann was an investigative journalist for the Christian Broadcasting Network... | 6,131,325 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
"issues other media is not looking at". The series reflected Swann's libertarian views and his advocacy of Ron Paul's positions. One theme of Swann's "Reality Check" was Ron Paul's presidential campaign, with his goal of providing fairer coverage for Paul than the conservative or liberal national press, inclu... | 6,131,326 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
campaign stop in Ohio - a rare opportunity for a local news reporter. Swann asked the President direct questions about the so-called presidential "kill list" which had been used to direct drone strikes against terrorism suspects, and the legality of the list including U.S. citizens, like Anwar al-Awlaki and t... | 6,131,327 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
Glenn Greenwald of "The Guardian", Byron Tau of "Politico", the "Huffington Post", and the "Columbia Journalism Review".
Swann broke several details about local officials at the Cincinnati IRS office involved in the IRS targeting controversy which were picked up in national news media and led to Swann making... | 6,131,328 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
served as a panel member on a third-party presidential candidates debate hosted by Larry King in Chicago, Illinois, and broadcast on C-SPAN, Al Jazeera America, and online through the sponsorship of the Free & Equal Elections Foundation.
After leaving WXIX-TV, Swann started a social media channel called "Tru... | 6,131,329 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
garnered 10,376,570 views and over 73,500 subscribers before he took his channel offline. In 2017, Swann has sought crowdfunding via his 419,000 Facebook followers for an episode titled, "U.S. and partners intentionally created ISIS".
From May 2013 until June 2015, Swann appeared regularly on RT America in W... | 6,131,330 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
where he revived his fact-checking segment under the title "Reality Check With Ben Swann" and was made part of the station's new investigative unit.
He was suspended in January 2017 for running a story attempting to revive the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, in which Swann called for an "investigation" into the... | 6,131,331 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
on January 29, 2018, after the station learned that he had been trying to revive "Truth in Media" without their knowledge and permission. According to "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution", Swann's "Reality Check" program had "often veered into alt-right conspiracy theories".
## Current work.
Swann relaunched ... | 6,131,332 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
and false claims, several of which are aligned with narratives pushed by his former employer, the Russian state-run RT. On his personal YouTube channel, Swann posted videos discussing debunked conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, including a conspiracy theory that shooter did n... | 6,131,333 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
September 11, 2001.
In December 2016, one of Swann's CBS 46 "Reality Check" segments on the Syrian Civil War titled ""If" (Syrian President Bashar al) "Assad is Committing Genocide in Aleppo, Why Are People Celebrating in the Streets?"" went viral on Facebook. Ben Collins of The Daily Beast said this "mirror... | 6,131,334 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
the airliner was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine.
Swann was described by David Gorski as "antivaccine-sympathetic" for reporting on "CDC whistleblower" documents from William Thompson, a doctor working for the Centers for Disease Con... | 6,131,335 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
regarding Pizzagate was spread through social media and websites. The story was discredited by a wide array of organizations, including the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, fact-checking sites, and reputable news organizations. After the Pizzagate segment aired, Swann was briefly su... | 6,131,336 |
37318755 | Ben Swann | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Swann | Ben Swann
he later closed some of his social media accounts, but he left one Facebook account where he continued to post conspiracy-related and anti-government memes.
# Personal life.
He was married in 1999 to his wife, Jasmine. He lived in Portland, Oregon, where he was an assistant pastor at a Presbyterian church. ... | 6,131,337 |
37319101 | The Forgotten (Green Day song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Forgotten%20(Green%20Day%20song) | The Forgotten (Green Day song)
The Forgotten (Green Day song)
"The Forgotten" is a song by the American rock band Green Day and is featured on their eleventh studio album "¡Tré!". The song is also available on "" soundtrack, which was released on November 13, 2012, and was released October 30, 2012. It was recorded at... | 6,131,338 |
37319101 | The Forgotten (Green Day song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Forgotten%20(Green%20Day%20song) | The Forgotten (Green Day song)
Breaking Dawn - Part 2' soundtrack", we accepted without hesitation because it is an amazing cultural phenomenon" and also said "We have always been impressed with how careful they are with all the series soundtracks".
# Music video.
The music video was premiered on October 23, 2012 on ... | 6,131,339 |
37319101 | The Forgotten (Green Day song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Forgotten%20(Green%20Day%20song) | The Forgotten (Green Day song)
e song and the album as well as performing live on stage.
# Reception.
"Rolling Stone" magazine stated: "The strings return for "¡Tré!"'s closing song, "The Forgotten," a five-minute piano ballad that unfolds like a lost track from the second side of "Abbey Road". "Don't look away from ... | 6,131,340 |
37319121 | Between the Raindrops | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Between%20the%20Raindrops | Between the Raindrops
Between the Raindrops
"Between the Raindrops" is a song by American alternative band Lifehouse, which features British singer, Natasha Bedingfield. The song serves as the lead and only single for their sixth album, "Almería". The single was released on September 11, 2012.
# Music video.
A music... | 6,131,341 |
37319121 | Between the Raindrops | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Between%20the%20Raindrops | Between the Raindrops
e, which features British singer, Natasha Bedingfield. The song serves as the lead and only single for their sixth album, "Almería". The single was released on September 11, 2012.
# Music video.
A music video for the song was shot in October 5, together with Natasha Bedingfield. It was released ... | 6,131,342 |
37319168 | 1637 in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1637%20in%20Ireland | 1637 in Ireland
1637 in Ireland
Events from the year 1637 in Ireland.
# Events.
- February – Mícheál Ó Cléirigh seeks approbation for the text of the Annals of the Four Masters from Thomas Fleming, Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic), before carrying the manuscript to Leuven.
- May 25 – letters patent authorise '... | 6,131,343 |
37319168 | 1637 in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1637%20in%20Ireland | 1637 in Ireland
pt to Leuven.
- May 25 – letters patent authorise 'Laudian statutes' for Trinity College, Dublin.
- July 25 – Christopher Wandesford acquires an estate at Castlecomer, County Kilkenny.
- August 10 – Edward King is drowned in the Irish Sea "en route" to visiting his family in Ireland, an event which i... | 6,131,344 |
37319093 | X-Kid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X-Kid | X-Kid
X-Kid
"X-Kid" is a song by American rock band Green Day. The song was recorded by the band for their eleventh studio album, "¡Tré!". It was released as the second single from "¡Tré!" on February 12, 2013. It is also the fifth and final single from the "¡Uno!, ¡Dos! & ¡Tré!" trilogy.
# Background and release.
"... | 6,131,345 |
37319093 | X-Kid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X-Kid | X-Kid
Lies.”"
# Song meaning.
“X-Kid” from "¡Tré!" deals with the suicide of a close friend of the band’s. “I don’t really want to get into it,” Armstrong says. “It’s too heavy.”
This song was written in response to the 2009 suicide of a close friend that Armstrong grew up with in Rodeo, CA. However, the song is as ... | 6,131,346 |
37319093 | X-Kid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X-Kid | X-Kid
e was able to push through the struggles that came with growing older, while his friend was not. His friend, unfortunately, found an escape in suicide, thus the line "Here goes nothing, the shouting's over." The narrator sees facets of himself in his late friend. He feels as if, sadly, there wasn't much that coul... | 6,131,347 |
37319138 | Christian Rayer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian%20Rayer | Christian Rayer
Christian Rayer
Christian Rayer (born 14 December 1945) is professional motorbike rider who also runs enterprises.
# Accomplishments.
Six times champion of France in the Trial International, he participated in the creation of the first competition Trial bike, the Cota 247 when he was with the Spanish... | 6,131,348 |
37319138 | Christian Rayer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian%20Rayer | Christian Rayer
the founder of the first riding school for all terrain bikers at Paris and participated as one of the official team members of Yamaha for the inaugural Paris-Dakar. He won many individual stages of this rally but was not successful in winning the rally itself. He took part in the Enduro races held at To... | 6,131,349 |
37319138 | Christian Rayer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian%20Rayer | Christian Rayer
m members of Yamaha for the inaugural Paris-Dakar. He won many individual stages of this rally but was not successful in winning the rally itself. He took part in the Enduro races held at Touquet, again with Team Yamaha and finished second among 1000 starters.
An avid practitioner of Free-Flight and la... | 6,131,350 |
37319122 | Marek Stachowski (linguist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marek%20Stachowski%20(linguist) | Marek Stachowski (linguist)
Marek Stachowski (linguist)
Marek Stachowski is a Polish linguist and etymologist specializing in Turkic languages, especially Yakut, Dolgan and Turkish. He is a professor at Jagiellonian University and the founding editor of the journal "Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia".
He has published ... | 6,131,351 |
37319122 | Marek Stachowski (linguist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marek%20Stachowski%20(linguist) | Marek Stachowski (linguist)
k 1997. Dolganische Wortbildung, Kraków, 124 p.
- Stachowski, Marek 1998. Dolganischer Wortschatz - Supplementband, Kraków, 282 p.
- Stachowski, Marek 1999. Konsonantenadaptation russischer Lehnwörter im Dolganischen, Kraków,
- Stachowski, Marek 2007. Gramatyka języka tureckiego w zarysie... | 6,131,352 |
37319160 | Center for Higher Studies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center%20for%20Higher%20Studies | Center for Higher Studies
Center for Higher Studies
The Center for Higher Studies of the Legion of Christ is where most the members of the congregation study their philosophy and theology in preparation for priestly ordination. It is located on the west side of Rome near Via Aurelia, right behind the Pontifical Athena... | 6,131,353 |
37319160 | Center for Higher Studies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center%20for%20Higher%20Studies | Center for Higher Studies
ifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. Most of the religious brothers study at Regina Apostolorum while living at the center (all Legionaries live either at the center or the General house on Via Aurelia while studying philosophy and theology).
# History.
In 1991, the Legion built a center cap... | 6,131,354 |
37319203 | Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Paralympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netherlands%20at%20the%201960%20Summer%20Paralympics | Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome, Italy. The team included 5 athletes, 3 men and 2 women. Competitors from Netherlands won 9 medals, including 3 gold and 6 silver to finish 8th in the medal table.
# See al... | 6,131,355 |
37319210 | Vitaliy Chenenkov | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitaliy%20Chenenkov | Vitaliy Chenenkov
Vitaliy Chenenkov
Vitaliy Chenenkov (; born 1938) is a retired Soviet swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. During his career he set one European (1958, 4×100 m medley) and three national records (1958–1959, 100 m and 200 butterfly). | 6,131,356 |
37319223 | 1551 in India | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1551%20in%20India | 1551 in India
1551 in India
Events from the year 1551 in India.
# Events.
- The first volume of "História do descobrimento e conquista da Índia pelos portugueses" (History of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portuguese) by Portuguese historia Fernão Lopes de Castanheda is published
# Births.
- Nizamuddin... | 6,131,357 |
37319193 | Jan Franse Verzijl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan%20Franse%20Verzijl | Jan Franse Verzijl
Jan Franse Verzijl
Jan Franse Verzijl (1599, Gouda – 1647, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
# Biography.
Houbraken listed him with the Gouda painters Jan Damesz de Veth, Jan en Pieter Donker as noteworthy artists that he intended to include in his book of biographies. His source wa... | 6,131,358 |
37319193 | Jan Franse Verzijl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan%20Franse%20Verzijl | Jan Franse Verzijl
Franse Verzijl (1599, Gouda – 1647, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
# Biography.
Houbraken listed him with the Gouda painters Jan Damesz de Veth, Jan en Pieter Donker as noteworthy artists that he intended to include in his book of biographies. His source was "Beschrijving der stad... | 6,131,359 |
37319276 | 1553 in India | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1553%20in%20India | 1553 in India
1553 in India
Events from the year 1553 in India.
# Events.
- Burhan Shah I's death brings to an end his rule of the Ahmednagar Sultanate (started 1508 or 1510)
- Hussein Shah I begins his rule of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
# Deaths.
- Burhan Shah I, ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate (born "c". 1500)
... | 6,131,360 |
37319252 | Thomas Gelley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Gelley | Thomas Gelley
Thomas Gelley
Thomas Fraser Gelley (December 27, 1860 – March 11, 1939) was an accountant, farmer and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Cartier from 1886 to 1892 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative and then Liberal.
He was born in Lévis, Quebec, the son of Joseph Edmond ... | 6,131,361 |
37319252 | Thomas Gelley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Gelley | Thomas Gelley
Quebec, the son of Joseph Edmond Gelley, and was educated at Levis Commercial College. Gelley came to Manitoba in 1882, settling on a farm in St. Norbert. He served as a justice of the peace there. Gelley later worked in Winnipeg as an accountant. He was married twice: first to Elizabeth Ann Gallie in 188... | 6,131,362 |
37319273 | Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castra%20of%20Bumbești-Jiu%20–%20Gară | Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară
Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară
The castra of Bumbești-Jiu now known as Gară was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort. The ruins of the fort are located in Bumbești-Jiu (Romania). In the same town, th... | 6,131,363 |
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List of School of Oriental and African Studies people
This is a list of School of Oriental and African Studies people, including alumni, former and current members of staff. The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London has many nota... | 6,131,364 |
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Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Member of the Burmese Parliament
- Francis K. Butagira, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations
- Hugh Carless, UK Ambassador to Venezuela
- Johnnie Carson, US Assist... | 6,131,365 |
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and Tourism and Former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria
- Sir Leslie Fielding, Former British diplomat
- Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather, teacher, politician
- David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, British diplomat
- Lord Jay of Ewelme, civil servant
- Zairi... | 6,131,366 |
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President of Ghana
- Dan Mokonyane, South African activist
- Maajid Nawaz, co-founder and Executive Director of Quilliam, the world's first counter-extremism think tank
- Samia Nkrumah, Ghanaian Member of Parliament
- Sylvester Umaru Onu, Judge of the Supreme Co... | 6,131,367 |
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Commonwealth
- Walter Rodney, historian and Guyanese political activist
- Gita Sahgal, writer and journalist, film director, and human rights activist
- Alan Senitt, political activist for homosexual rights
- Ivor Stanbrook, Member of the British Parliament and ... | 6,131,368 |
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Tim Yeo, Tory politician
- Sir Edward Youde, 26th Governor of Hong Kong
# Media/writers.
- Desi Anwar, journalist and presenter, Metro TV, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Abdel Bari Atwan, journalist, editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper in London
- Zeinab Badawi... | 6,131,369 |
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news producer at Al Jazeera English
- Ghida Fakhry, journalist and news anchor at Al Jazeera English
- Faris Glubb, son of Glubb Pasha, activist, author and journalist
- James Harding, journalist, former editor of The Times
- Aidan Hartley, author and journalist... | 6,131,370 |
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Norbu, filmmaker and Tibetan Buddhist Lama
- Taimur Rahman, Member CentComm Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party
- Andrew Robinson, author and journalist
- Tom Rogan, journalist
- Gita Sahgal, writer and journalist, film director, and human rights activist
- Saira Sh... | 6,131,371 |
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& Qur'anic studies,
- Urvashi Butalia, historian, feminist, founder and director of Kali for Women
- Gus Casely-Hayford, curator, cultural historian
- K.N. Chaudhuri, historian, author, creative writer, and graphic artist
- George N. Clements, linguist
- Craig ... | 6,131,372 |
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Fred Halliday, historian, international relations
- Ian Hancock, linguist and Romani scholar
- Betty Heimann, Indologist
- Anthony Hyman, academic, writer and Islamicist
- Robert Graham Irwin, historian and writer on Arabic literature
- Marsden Jones, Islamic s... | 6,131,373 |
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Southeast Asian historian
- Martin Lings, English Muslim scholar and author
- Michael Loewe, sinologist
- Nur Masalha, author, historian, Editor and Middle East scholar
- Duncan McCargo, Southeast Asian Politics
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, philosopher
- I... | 6,131,374 |
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world expert on Achaemenid archaeology
- Ninian Smart, religious studies
- Patrick Sookhdeo, theologian and Anglican canon
- Romila Thapar, Indian historian
- Thomas Trautmann, historian
- Konrad Tuchscherer, historian
- Than Tun, historian of Burma
- Andrew ... | 6,131,375 |
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Zahlan, historian, writer on the Persian Gulf states
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, a prominent contemporary Muslim philosopher and thinker from Malaysia
# Music and the arts.
- Khyam Allami, musician, oud player
- M. K. Asante, Jr., writer and filmmaker
- Th... | 6,131,376 |
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Haykal, CEO of Transtek Systems, CEO of Haykal Media, publisher of Aliqtisadi, and Forward Magazine
- Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
- Peter Parker, chairman of the British Railways Board
- Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, ... | 6,131,377 |
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2006)
- Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville, Archbishop of Birmingham 1982–99
- Sheikh Abdul Qayum, scholar and Chief Imam of the East London Mosque
- Hammalawa Saddhatissa, Buddhist Monk of Sri Lanka
- David Young, Bishop of Ripon 1977–1999
# Others.
- Sir Ha... | 6,131,378 |
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faculty and staff.
## Faculty of Law and Social Sciences.
- Gilbert Achcar, Globalisation
- Malcolm Caldwell, Southeast Asian Economic History
- Ben Fine, Economics
- Mushtaq Khan, Economics
- Laleh Khalili, Middle East Politics
- Guy Standing, Economics
- P... | 6,131,379 |
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and historian, author of Wild Swans
- Nasser David Khalili, Islamic Art
- Roland Oliver, African History
- Alexander Piatigorsky, History of South Asia
- Timon Screech, Japanese art, architecture and history
- Andrew Turton, anthropology & South East Asian stud... | 6,131,380 |
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Sir Hamilton Gibb, Orientalist
- Angus Charles Graham, Classical Chinese
- Alfred Guillaume, Islamic Studies
- Walter Bruno Henning, Iranian Studies
- Michel Hockx, China and Inner Asia Studies
- Reginald Johnston, Chinese language and literature
- Hugh N. Ken... | 6,131,381 |
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O'Neill, Japanese
- Tudor Parfitt Modern Jewish Studies
- Xiao Qian, China and Inner Asia Studies
- William Radice, Bengali language and literature
- Christopher Reynolds, Dhivehi and Sinhala language
- Ralph Russell, Urdu language and literature
- Christopher... | 6,131,382 |
37319291 | Ernest Harvey (cricketer) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernest%20Harvey%20(cricketer) | Ernest Harvey (cricketer)
Ernest Harvey (cricketer)
Ernest Harvey (14 December 1880 – 19 October 1923) was an Australian cricketer.
Harvey was born in Redfern, Sydney, Australia. He died in Perth, Australia, aged 43. He played for Western Australia cricket team.
# See also.
- List of Western Australia first-class c... | 6,131,383 |
37319311 | 1559 in India | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1559%20in%20India | 1559 in India
1559 in India
Events from the year 1559 in India.
# Events.
- The Mughal Emperor Akbar captures Ranthambore Fort
# Births.
- March 16 Amar Singh I, later Maharana of Mewar is born in Chittor Fort (dies 1620)
# Deaths.
- Sikandar Shah Suri, sixth rule of Sur dynasty
- Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, Po... | 6,131,384 |
37319285 | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitcheldean%20Meend%20Marsh | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
Mitcheldean Meend Marsh () is a nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).
The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust under lease from the Forestry Co... | 6,131,385 |
37319285 | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitcheldean%20Meend%20Marsh | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
a forest track which is on the southern boundary. There is a permissive footpath through the site.
The marsh is a relic of the Mitcheldean Meend Bog which once covered an extensive area. This bog was enclosed and planted in the 18th and 19th centuries. There was planting of Scots Pine and Norwa... | 6,131,386 |
37319285 | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitcheldean%20Meend%20Marsh | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
and marsh pennywort.
There is a drier area of heathland around the marsh which supports creeping willow, sneezewort, common fleabane, devil's-bit scabious, purple moor-grass, heather, cross-leaved heath heather and bell heather. The boundaries of the reserve are edged with bramble, gorse, silve... | 6,131,387 |
37319285 | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitcheldean%20Meend%20Marsh | Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
life.
The reserve is a good site for hedgerow and open ground birds. Notable visitors are winter flocks of finches.
# Conservation.
Invasive scrub is cleared and the footpath kept open to encourage people not to walk in the marsh, this being a sensitive wildlife area.
# Publications.
- Kelh... | 6,131,388 |
37319323 | Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Vârtop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castra%20of%20Bumbești-Jiu%20–%20Vârtop | Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Vârtop
Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Vârtop
The castra of Bumbești-Jiu now known as Vârtop was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd century AD. A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort. The ruins of the fort are located in Bumbești-Jiu (Romania). In the same town, the ru... | 6,131,389 |
37319330 | NA-18 (Swabi-I) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NA-18%20(Swabi-I) | NA-18 (Swabi-I)
NA-18 (Swabi-I)
NA-18 (Swabi-I) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-12 (Swabi-I) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-18 (Swabi-I) after the delimitation in 2018.
# Elections since 2002.
## 2002 General Election.
"A total of 2,00... | 6,131,390 |
37319251 | German submarine U-597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-597 | German submarine U-597
German submarine U-597
German submarine "U-597" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II.
She was a member of eight wolfpacks, carried out two patrols but sank no ships.
She was sunk southwest of Iceland by a British aircraft, in October 1942.
# Design.
Ger... | 6,131,391 |
37319251 | German submarine U-597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-597 | German submarine U-597
Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the b... | 6,131,392 |
37319251 | German submarine U-597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-597 | German submarine U-597
573, launched on 1 October and commissioned on 20 November under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Eberhard Bopst.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 20 November 1941 for training and the 1st flotilla from 1 July 1942 for operations.
## 1st patrol.
"U-597" departed Kiel on 12 October ... | 6,131,393 |
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eland and the Faroe Islands toward Newfoundland
She arrived in Brest in occupied France on 16 August.
## 2nd patrol and loss.
She departed Brest on 16 September and was sunk less than a month later on 12 October by depth charges dropped by a British B-24 Liberator of No. 120 Squadron RAF pilot... | 6,131,394 |
37319364 | Castra of Bumbești-Jiu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castra%20of%20Bumbești-Jiu | Castra of Bumbești-Jiu
Castra of Bumbești-Jiu
Castra of Bumbești-Jiu may refer to:
- Castra of Bumbești-Jiu - Gară, a fort in the Roman province of Dacia
- Castra of Bumbești-Jiu - Vârtop, a fort in the Roman province of Dacia
# See also.
- Castra of Porceni | 6,131,395 |
37319360 | Vitaly Kirinchuk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitaly%20Kirinchuk | Vitaly Kirinchuk
Vitaly Kirinchuk
Vitaly Yurievich Kirinchuk (; born 2 September 1970) is a retired Russian swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay and a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke events at the 1993 European Aquatics Championships.
He graduated from the Lesgaft National State University ... | 6,131,396 |
37319376 | 1570 in India | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1570%20in%20India | 1570 in India
1570 in India
Events from the year 1570 in India.
# Births.
- Sengge Namgyal, Namgyal dynasty King of Ladakh (died 1642)
# Deaths.
- Ranabai, warrior and a Hindu mystical poet (born 1504)
# See also.
- Timeline of Indian history | 6,131,397 |
37319335 | Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane%20Howard,%20Duchess%20of%20Norfolk | Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Bickerton; 1643/4 - 28 August 1693), was the second wife of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk.
Bickerton came from a very modest social background. Her parents were Anne Hester and Robert Bickerton, Gentleman of the W... | 6,131,398 |
37319335 | Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane%20Howard,%20Duchess%20of%20Norfolk | Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Lady Anne Somerset protesting against the marriage. The family quarrel became so bitter that the Duke went abroad for a time with his new wife.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk had four sons, all of whom died childless, and three daughters:
- George Howard, married but childless
- Jame... | 6,131,399 |
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