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Q6012284 In the Heart of the Moon is a 2005 record by Malian musicians Ali Farka Touré on the guitar and providing vocals and Toumani Diabaté on the kora. The album was recorded in the "Toit de Bamako" conference room on the top floor of the Hotel Mandé overlooking the Niger River in Bamako, Mali. It is the first in a... |
Q5478518 Frances Basset, 2nd Baroness Basset (30 April 1781 – 22 January 1855) was a British peeress.Baptised in St Marylebone Church in London on 23 May 1781, she was the only child of Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset and his first wife Frances Susanna, daughter of John Hippesley Coxe. On her fathe... |
Q4600478 The 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference, sometimes called the Eldoret conference were a series of meetings held in Eldoret, Kenya during November 2002. It was attended by most supporters of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia. The TNG was the predecessor organization of the Transitional Fed... |
Q3313283 Not to be confused with the former roller coaster of the same nameTexas Cyclone is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures. The film stars Tim McCoy as "Texas Grant", Shirley Grey, Wheeler Oakman and John Wayne, and features an early appearance by Walter Brennan... |
Q6780661 Mary S. Hartman (born 1941) joined the Douglass History Department in 1968 and served as director of the Women’s Studies Institute from 1975 to 1977.She was named acting dean in 1981, and named dean in 1982. As dean, she instituted a number of nationally acclaimed programs for women, including the Douglass Pro... |
Q175009 Chavanac is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. |
Q7249908 Promysel Narimanova (also, Bank, Bankovski-Promysl, Bozhiy Promysel, Bozhly Promysel, Imeni Narimanova, and Promysel imeni Narimanova) is a village in the Neftchala Rayon of Azerbaijan. |
Q2735478 Martin Olof Lorentzson, born 21 July 1984, is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Örebro SK. He has one international cap for Sweden. |
Q5983365 Iann Marchant Barron is a British computer engineer and entrepreneur, born in June 1936.During vacation work in 1956-7 at Elliott Brothers while still at Cambridge he designed the Elliott 803. On leaving University he joined the Civil Service in 1958 as a Scientific Officer on special assignment first to the ... |
Q6132799 Sir James Dowdall (died 1584) was an Irish judge of the Elizabethan era who briefly held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He should not be confused with James Dowdall, the Catholic martyr, who was his cousin. |
Q17014434 Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones is the debut album by guitarist Joe Jones which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label. |
Q2806791 10 is a scripted miniseries about a poker game. The series aired on TSR1 between 21 November and 19 December 2010. |
Q1077933 "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" ("Christ our Lord came to the Jordan") is a Lutheran hymn about baptism by Martin Luther, written in 1541 and published in 1543. It has been set in many musical compositions, including cantatas and chorale preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach. |
Q21997504 Sir Alexander Erskine was the 5th Earl of Kellie. He had a daughter, Janet, who married Sir Robert Anstruther, 3rd Baronet of Balcaskie. |
Q30592124 The Liechtensteiner ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Vaduz to the Government of the United States. |
Q495719 Thayer County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 5,228. Its county seat is Hebron. The county was created in 1856 and originally named Jefferson County. It was organized in 1870-1871 and renamed for General and Governor John Milton Thayer.In the Ne... |
Q608463 Genesee Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States and lies near the source of the Genesee River. The population was 789 at the 2000 census. The name Genesee derives from Indian term for "beautiful valley". |
Q5659832 Harold's Chicken Shack (also referred to as Harold's Chicken, or simply Harold's) is a chain of fried chicken restaurants located primarily in Chicago, Illinois. Harold's has been a notable part of Chicago's South Side culture and is known for its uniquely prepared chicken. Harold's Chicken is also available i... |
Q1175461 David Joseph "Dave" Maley (born April 24, 1963 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) is a radio and television analyst for the San Jose Sharks. An American former hockey player, he played for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders. |
Q7994207 Whitchurch Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It covers the area (that is in Shropshire) to the south and southeast of the town of Whitchurch, including the villages of Prees Heath, Tilstock and Broughall.The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,533.It was created in 1894 under the Loca... |
Q1627591 Beariz is a municipality in Ourense (province) in the Galicia region of north-west Spain. It lies towards the very north-west of Ourense Province. In 2016 the population was 1,003. |
Q6110881 Jack-a-Boy is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Saturday Evening Post in March 1901. |
Q1977441 Jonas Lennart Portin (born 30 September 1986) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a defender. Portin had represented Ascoli and Padova of Serie B, the second-tier league of football in Italy. |
Q1841090 Galomin [ɡaˈlɔmin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baboszewo, within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Baboszewo, 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Płońsk, and 71 km (44 mi) north-west of Warsaw. |
Q5515192 Ka-Yeon Lee (born in Seoul, Korea in 1992) is a South Korean violinist. |
Q7229012 Pop Idol: the Idols - Xmas Factor is a compilation album featuring cover versions of Christmas songs recorded by the final 10 from the second UK series of Pop Idol. Their version of "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon was released in the UK on 15 December 2003. Bookmakers named it as their favourite to b... |
Q6026177 Multishow ao Vivo: Vanessa da Mata is a live album and DVD from Brazilian singer Vanessa da Mata, produced by the channel Multishow.Multishow ao Vivo was recorded live at the historic town of Paraty, and brings in the repertoire songs that marked the career of da Mata, including "Não me Deixe So", "Ai, Ai, Ai"... |
Q7758035 The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders, by Wall Street Journal writer Connie Bruck, largely recounts the rise of Michael Milken, his firm Drexel Burnham Lambert, and the leveraged buyout boom they helped to fuel in the 1980s. |
Q7100615 The following is the Bulgarian Order of Battle at the beginning of the second phase of the First Balkan War as of January 21, 1913. This order of battle includes all combat units, including engineer and artillery units, but not medical, supply, signal and border guard units. |
Q7396510 Sabzabad (Persian: سبزاباد, also Romanized as Sabzābād and Sabzābād-e Yekmeheh) is a village in Tombi Golgir Rural District, Golgir District, Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 41, in 7 families. |
Q5701616 Aporrea (American Popular Revolutionary Assembly) is a Venezuelan website that publishes news and opinions from the point of view of supporters of former President Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution. It functions as a medium for discussion, reporting, and generating ideas with a view to the construction... |
Q20871917 Alpha Omega is the ninth and final studio album by Finnish rapper Cheek, released on 16 October 2015. The album peaked at number one on the Finnish Albums Chart. |
Q22250751 Maiah Ocando is an actress and Internet personality now living in Los Angeles, California. She studied Fashion Design at the Brivil Institute and Filmmaking at the School of Cinema and Television in Caracas. She is the host of the YouTube webshow "Visto Bueno" and writer of the book series of the same name. S... |
Q23015079 Muratpaşa Belediyesi SK (Turkish: Muratpaşa Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is the women's handball team of the same named club sponsored by the Municipality of Muratpaşa in Antalya, Turkey. The team play in the Turkish Super League. Club colors are orange, navy and white. |
Q28402433 The American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI), is a professional organization representing the business and artistic interests of architectural illustrators throughout North America and around the world. ASAI’s principal mandate is to foster of communication and networking among its members, raise... |
Q981451 Hico (, HY-koh) is a small city located in Hamilton county in central Texas, United States. The town motto is "Where Everybody Is Somebody!"Named for its founder's unincorporated hometown in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky near Murray, just north of the Tennessee state boundary, Hico's original locatio... |
Q840573 Sung Wong Toi is an important historic relic in Kowloon, Hong Kong. While its remaining portion is now located in the Sung Wong Toi Garden (宋皇臺花園) in Ma Tau Chung, it was originally a 45 m tall boulder standing on the top of Sacred Hill (聖山) in Ma Tau Chung above Kowloon Bay. |
Q2280045 China–United States relations, also known as U.S.–Chinese relations, Chinese–U.S. relations, or Sino-American relations, refers to international relations between China and the United States. The history of the relationship can be traced back to when the United States first gained independence. The relationshi... |
Q593732 The 1994 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 May 1994 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. It was the 36th Spanish Grand Prix to be held since the first was held at Guadarrama in 1913. It was the fourth to be held at Circuit de Catalunya. It was the fifth race of the 1994 Formula One s... |
Q7069859 Nunnery engine shed was a small locomotive depot close to the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. After gaining running powers over the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway to reach Sheffield, the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) set about building facilities, not only to serve... |
Q1190819 Măieruș (German: Nußbach; Hungarian: Szászmagyarós) is a commune in Brașov County, Romania, on the left of Olt river. It is located 30 km away from the county capital Brașov. It is composed of two villages, Arini (Lüget) and Măieruș. The settlement is mentioned for the first time in 1377 as "villa nucum".It is... |
Q2877341 Tyndall Glacier or Geike Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. It is located in the Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. The glacier has its main calving front in Geikie Lake and like its neighbor, Grey Glacier, it has been significantly retreating for the last years. T... |
Q1069650 Le Champ-près-Froges is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. |
Q8012962 Man on the Moon is a 2006 television opera in one act by Jonathan Dove with a libretto by Nicholas Wright. It relates the story of the Apollo 11 moon landing on 20 July 1969 and the subsequent problems experienced by Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.The opera, about 50 minutes long, was commiss... |
Q4661336 Aakhri Baazi is a 1989 Indian film directed by Ashim S. Samanta and starring Govinda, Shatrughan Sinha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Mandakini and Sonam. |
Q2534252 Zaboršt (pronounced [zaˈbɔɾʃt]) is a settlement southeast of Bučka in the Municipality of Škocjan in southeastern Slovenia. Within the municipality, it belongs to the Local Community of Bučka. The municipality is historically part of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Reg... |
Q16875003 Vipond is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Dougie Vipond (born 1966), Scottish musician and television presenterJonathan Vipond, American politicianPete Vipond (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey playerShaun Vipond (born 1988), English footballer |
Q4830302 Bakioğlu is a village in the District of Bartın, Bartın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 1119 people. |
Q16892703 The River Isbourne is 14 mile (22 km) long tributary of the River Avon which flows through Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in the Midlands of England. |
Q17622807 "Better Call Saul" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad. It was written by Peter Gould and directed by Terry McDonough. This episode marks Bob Odenkirk's first appearance as Saul Goodman in the series. He was promoted to series regular in Season 3, st... |
Q5021427 Amblyraja reversa, commonly known as the reversed skate, is a deepwater skate known from a single specimen. Based on the single specimen, its range is predicted to include at least the Western Indian Ocean, specifically the Baluchistan coast in the Arabian Sea.Due to the limited knowledge of its biology and ex... |
Q13609297 Epichilo vartianae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1965. It is found in Pakistan. |
Q1042373 NGC 1245 is an open cluster in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 11 December 1786. It is located 3° southwest of alpha Persei and can be spotted with 10x50 binoculars. The cluster is nearly 1 billion years old. NGC 1245 has about 200 members the brightest of which are of 12th ... |
Q25468550 The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II was Hungary's second-level football competition. The season was won by Puskás Akadémia FC, while Balmazújvárosi FC finished second by beating Kisvárda FC on the last match day 1–0 on 4 June 2017. |
Q6154668 Túkiti, crecí de una is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Ricardo Hernández Anzola for RCTV, and it that originally aired on Venezuelan broadcast channel RCTV from August 16, 2006 to January 23, 2007. It stars Dexiree Bandes, María Gabriela de Faría, Gabriel Mantilla, Eugenio Keller, Laura Chimaras, and José ... |
Q483463 The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Oly... |
Q6632734 A person who lives in or comes from Salt Lake City, Utah is known as a Salt Laker. The following list contains well-known current or former Salt Lake City residents. |
Q1239818 Pierre-Paul Guérin de Tencin (Grenoble, 22 August 1679 – 2 March 1758), French ecclesiastic, was archbishop of Embrun and Lyon, and a cardinal. His sister was Claudine Guérin de Tencin. |
Q6953574 Net-centric Enterprised Solutions for Interoperability (NESI) is a joint effort between the United States Navy’s Program Executive Office for C4I & Space and the United States Air Force’s Electronic Systems Center. It provides implementation guidance which facilitates the design, development, maintenance, evol... |
Q7736991 "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" is a single by Mott the Hoople, from 1974's The Hoople.It reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.Performed live by Mott, "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" would usually follow a piano take on the first verse of Don McLean's "American Pie", hence following the latter's state... |
Q69625 Altendorf is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. |
Q17004543 The national museums of Canada are a system of nine national museums operated by the federal Government of Canada. The national museums are centres of preservation, exhibition and research of Canada's human and natural history. |
Q7916036 Varney is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its ZIP Code is 41571; the population of the 41571 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) was 543 at the 2000 census. |
Q4840646 Muhammad Sulayman al-Ahmad (1903– August 19, 1981) (Arabic: محمد سليمان الأحمد), better known by his pen name Badawi al-Jabal (Arabic: بدوي الجبل), was a Syrian poet known for his work in the neo-classical Arabic form. According to anthologist Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Badawi was "one of the greatest poets of th... |
Q211317 Shek Kwu Chau (Chinese: 石鼓洲) is an island of Hong Kong, located south of Lantau Island and between Cheung Chau and the Soko Islands. Administratively, it is part of Islands District.Shek Kwu Chau is a restricted area and a permit is required to visit the island. |
Q4716527 Aletty is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. |
Q1534546 Crocosmia aurea, common name Falling Stars, Valentine Flower, or Montbretia, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae. |
Q7981603 Wells is an unincorporated community in the town of Rantoul, Calumet County and the town of Rockland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. |
Q2192737 Per Agne Erkelius (1935 – 24 February 2010) was a Swedish novelist, playwright and teacher. He made his literary debut in 1961, with the novel Städerna vid havet. Other novels are Fotografen from 1976 and Rembrandt til sin dotter from 1998. He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1995. |
Q1155619 Günüören is a village in the District of Osmaneli, Bilecik Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 58 people. |
Q14824447 Ocroeme aspericollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins Chemsak and Linsley in 1966. |
Q19364067 They Always Return at Dawn (Spanish: Siempre vuelven de madrugada) is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Jerónimo Mihura. |
Q20679336 John Sebastian (born John Sebastian Pugliese; April 25, 1914 − August 18, 1980) was an American musician and composer known as a master of the classical chromatic harmonica. He was the first harmonicist to adopt an all-classical repertoire and, along with Larry Adler and Tommy Reilly, established the harmonic... |
Q21664421 Giraud Foster (8 November 1850 – 22 September 1945) was a businessman and socialite notable during America's gilded age. An avid bridge player, equestrian and sailor, Foster accumulated a large fortune from coal and shipping. Like his wife the former Jean Van Nest, whom he married in 1893, Foster could trace ... |
Q3234061 The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les mystères de Paris) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Marcel Herrand, Yolande Laffon and Alexandre Rignault. It is based on the novel The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue.The film's art direction was by Léon Barsacq. |
Q7624949 Struan Rodger (born 18 September 1956) is a British actor who has appeared widely in a range of supporting roles. He appeared briefly in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? in 1978 but his first major film role was as Eric Liddell's friend and running coach Sandy McGrath, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film, ... |
Q5334557 Edward "Ed" Bighead is a fictional character in the cartoon series Rocko's Modern Life and the comic book series of the same name. Mr. Bighead, an anthropomorphic cane toad, lives next door to the main character of the show, Rocko, whom he vehemently dislikes. In the television show, he is voiced by Charles Ad... |
Q212314 Petko Kiryakov Kaloyanov (Bulgarian: Петко Киряков Калоянов), better known as Captain Petko Voyvoda (Капитан Петко Войвода) (6 December 1844–7 February 1900) was a 19th-century Bulgarian hajduk leader and freedom fighter who dedicated his life to the liberation of Bulgaria (and, particularly, the region of Thra... |
Q5611955 Time Hill, the former offices of the Gruen Watch Company, is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.When completed in 1916, Time Hill was divided primarily into large rooms in which watchmakers sat at manufacturing desks under high ceilings with visible beams. The grand lobby, two stories tall... |
Q7143778 Patrick Lamont McNeil (born February 28, 1954) is a former professional American football running back. He played college football at Baylor University. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1976 NFL Draft in the 17th round (472nd overall pick). He played during the 1976 and 1977 seasons. |
Q5224750 Darren Anthony Altree (born 30 September 1974) is an English first-class cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Warwickshire Cricket Board, mainly as a left-arm fast bowler. Darren now works as the groundskeeper at Thurlaston Meadows Care Home in Thurlaston, Rugby, U.K.He has played firs... |
Q4672094 Acapulco is an American half-hour adventure series that aired on NBC in 1961. It is notable for providing Telly Savalas with his first regularly recurring role in a television series. |
Q6975949 This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Oregon, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them. The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic sig... |
Q6839678 Micromia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Micromia fulvipuncta, which is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1906. |
Q4897459 Beth Cavener, also known as Beth Cavener Stichter, is an American artist based out of Montana. A classically trained sculptor, her process involves building complex metal armatures to support massive amounts of clay. Cavener is best known for her fantastical animal figures, which embody the complexity of human... |
Q6894988 Mojave is a 58 km diameter impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 7.5° N and 33.0° W. It was named after the town of Mojave in southern California, U.S.The crater is located within the Martian Xanthe Terra region. |
Q7430951 Schanche may refer to:Liss SchancheMartin Schanche |
Q17035092 6 Point Harness (6PH) is a Los Angeles-based animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web based content. In business for ten years, some of their most notable productions have included Tom Hanks' Electric City, Fox's Cosmos: A Spa... |
Q16881306 Two motor ships have borne the name Polarbjørn:MV Polarbjørn (1974) is a 497-ton icebreaker completed on 18 January 1975, by Vaagen Verft, Kyrksæterøra, Norway. Sold in 1995 to Greenpeace, and renamed Arctic SunriseMV Polarbjørn (2001) is a 4,985-ton icebreaker launched on 21 July 2001. Chartered and renamed ... |
Q14946375 This is a list of ecoregions in Panama as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database. |
Q15641249 Amorbia chiapas is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Mexico in the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz, where it is found at altitudes between 1,700 and 2,300 meters.The length of the forewings is 11.2–11.6 mm for males and 12.7–13.1 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewi... |
Q24196480 Rathvilly Moat is a motte and National Monument located in County Carlow, Ireland. |
Q24276607 The 1923 FA Charity Shield was the tenth staging of the FA Charity Shield, an annual association football match arranged to raise funds for charitable causes supported by the Football Association (the FA), the governing body of football in England. Following a series of matches between club teams, the format ... |
Q30590768 Chertovy Vorota Cave is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, about 12 km (7 mi) from the town of Dalnegorsk in Primorsky Krai, Russia. The karst cave is located on a limestone cliff and lies about 35 m (115 ft) above the Krivaya River, a tributary of the Rudnaya River, below.... |
Q11102295 Yang Shiwo(simplified Chinese: 杨食我; traditional Chinese: 楊食我; pinyin: Yáng Shíwǒ;?–514 BCE)is the distant family member of Jin (晉) during the Spring and Autumn period (春秋時期). His Family name is the Yangshe(羊舌), the name is Boshi(伯石)，courtesy name Shiwo(食我). His Father is Yangshe Xi or simply named Yang Yu (楊譽... |
Q2051849 Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian musician and playback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. He has recorded more than EightyThousand songs in a number of Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Odia and Telugu as wel... |
Q1200855 Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 – 18 November 1835) was an English-born officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar. He combined his official role and his amateur interests to create a series of works about the history and geography of India, and in particular the area then kn... |
Q6321647 Jørn Tomter (born 1975) is a Norwegian-born photographer living and working in Clapton, London. |
Q5484427 Franck Marchis (born April 6, 1973 in Caen, France), astronomer and planetary scientist, is best known for his discovery and characterization of multiple asteroids, his study of Io volcanism and imaging of exoplanets, planets around other stars.The asteroid 6639 Marchis was named in his honor on April 4, 2007.... |
Q7889236 Santo Antônio de Lisboa is a district of the city of Florianópolis, the state capital of Santa Catarina in Brazil.It is known for having strong Azorian culture due to the immigration in the 19th century. The seat of the district is Santo Antônio de Lisboa. The neighbourhoods of the district include:Barra de S... |
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