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Q17028357 Up Against It is the fifth album by West London Post punk and Indie band The Times released in 1986. |
Q16215516 Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández (born 26 December 1975) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She also served as Deputy during the LX Legislature. |
Q6136380 Susana Stephenson Pérez (born 26 May 1948) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. As of 2014 she served as Senator of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Guanajuato as replacement of Juan Manuel Oliva. |
Q20982122 Youth in Nigeria includes citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria aged 18-29 years. Variance in chronologies are used in defining youth and are addressed by members of the state in accordance to their particular society. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with one of the largest populations of youth in the world, comprising 33,652,424 members. Excessive mortality from HIV/AIDS results in low life expectancy in Nigeria. As a result, the median age is 17.9.Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, formerly the President of Nigeria from 1999 until 2007, believes that identifying and addressing issues that would enhance the lives of the youth would improve overall national development. He has stated that, "Youth constitute Nigeria's only hope for a real future". The Nigerian government characterizes youth as ambitious, enthusiastic, energetic and promising. They are considered vulnerable in society because of the rapid pace of change they experience at this time in their lives. A National Youth Development Policy was created and designed to advocate for youth and youth development. The policy views youth welfare as vital to the Nigerian nation and its socioeconomic development. This policy is seen as a youth participation project, versus a project identifying problems and needs. |
Q10539621 Japananus hyalinus, the Japanese Maple Leafhopper, is a species of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae, tribus Opsiini (formerly placed in tribus Scaphytopiini). Believed to be native to eastern Asia, it has been carried with the trade in cultivated maples and is now widely found in Europe, North America and Australia. |
Q20022513 Zhang Yongjie (born 11 April 1968) is a Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. |
Q21035772 Michael Wiringi (born 1 August 1985 in Hawera) is a New Zealand-born Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.He now plays for Baia Mare and Romania. Wiringi made his debut for the Romania in 2015 and was part of the squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. |
Q24885979 This article displays the squads of the teams that competed in 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. Each team consists of 12 players. |
Q25223501 Whitehaven is a Clinton family-owned mansion in Washington, D.C. used by Hillary Clinton when she is in residence in the capital. (The primary Clinton home is in Chappaqua, New York.) Built in 1951, the Georgian-style house is located near Washington's Embassy Row. Notable past residents have included Sir David Muirhead, Henry Brandon and Muffie Cabot. |
Q2872608 "Automatic" is a song by American musician Prince from his 1982 album, 1999. It was released as a 7" single only in Australia, with "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" as the B-side. Almost six minutes were edited from the album track for its single release.Lyrically, the song had bondage-inspired imagery; and a music video directed by Bruce Gowers features band mates Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones whipping Prince in a simulated S&M session, where he is tied to a bed. The video was only released as a promotional clip for dance clubs, but circulates amongst collectors."Automatic" was first played during the 1999 Tour. Later it was a featured number during Prince's 1986 Parade tour. The song was part of a mini-1999 medley consisting of a short instrumental segment of "Lady Cab Driver", "Automatic", and a very brief "D.M.S.R.". The song reappeared in 2002 at some aftershows in a medley with the Graffiti Bridge song "Shake!". |
Q374166 Silas Betton (August 26, 1768 – January 22, 1822) was an American lawyer, sheriff and politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, the New Hampshire Senate and the New Hampshire House of Representatives during the late 1700s and early 1800s. |
Q3570054 Worse Than a Fairy Tale is the second album from Colorado band Drop Dead, Gorgeous. Worse Than a Fairy Tale is a concept album as well as an interactive experience for fans, telling the story of a serial killer who plies his trade in a small fictional town called Saylor Lake. Every song connects the pieces of the puzzle, and listeners will have the opportunity to decipher the mystery themselves through a multimedia experience on worsethanafairytale.com, which features postings and artwork related to the story. Each song is about one of the 11 murders carried out by the Saylor Lake Killer. It is the first of their albums to carry the Parental Advisory Sticker.In the months leading up to the release of this album, the band posted a timer counting down to the 12:00 a.m. eastern time on July 6 release on their MySpace page. "They'll Never Get Me" was released on the MySpace when that timer stopped.A single for "They'll Never Get Me (Word with You)" was released exclusively in Hot Topic and was also released on iTunes on July 24 along with the next track, "It Sounded Like an Accident". |
Q22088859 Pitcairn Islanders also referred to as Pitkerners, are the inhabitants or citizens of the Pitcairn Islands. The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory, mainly inhabited by Euronesians of British and Tahitian descent.The culture held in common by most Pitcairn Islanders is mainstream Pitcairn culture, a mixture of British and Polynesian culture derived from the traditions of the settlers who landed in 1790. Most of the people today are descended from the HMS Bounty mutineers of English, Cornish, Manx, Scottish descent and their Tahitian companions, including the few who settled afterwards. As of 2018, there are a total of 50 people inhabiting the island.There is also a Pitcairn diaspora particularly in Norfolk Island, New Zealand and mainland Australia. As a result from overcrowding on the island, in 1856 all 194 Pitkerners immigrated to Norfolk Island aboard the Morayshire (including a baby born en route) but 16 of them returned to Pitcairn on the Mary Ann in 1858, followed by a further four families in 1864. |
Q27591334 Dwaraka is a 2017 Indian Telugu drama film directed by Srinivas Ravindra (MSR), produced by Pradyumna Chandrapati and Ganesh Penubotu, under Legend Cinema, and is presented by R. B. Choudary under the banner Super Good Films. It features Vijay Deverakonda and Pooja Jhaveri in the lead roles while Prakash Raj and Prudhviraj appear in crucial roles. The movie was set to release on November 2016 but due to demonitisation was released on March 3, 2017, with premiers in USA on March 2. The movie received poor word of mouth and failed domestically and overseas at the box office.The film was a failure. |
Q6561651 This is a list of the winners of the Amnesty International UK Media Awards for each year since 2002. These awards are given by the UK section of Amnesty International to journalists who have made a significant contribution to the UK public's greater awareness and understanding of human rights issues.Earlier recipients of the Special Award for Human Rights Journalism under Threat included Ignacio Gomez of Colombia, special investigations editor of the newspaper El Espectador and director of the Colombian Press Freedom Foundation, who won the award in 2000; Najam Sethi of Pakistan, editor of the national newspaper, The Friday Times; and editor Nosa Igiebor and the staff of Nigeria's Tell Magazine. |
Q7193092 Pietrzejowice [pjɛtʂɛjɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 19 km (12 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kraków. |
Q3680644 Clibanarius erythropus is a species of hermit crab that lives in rockpools and sublittoral waters. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Azores to Brittany, the Channel Islands and as far north as the south Cornwall coast. Individuals may grow up to a carapace length of 15 millimetres (0.6 in). |
Q5002291 Buszynko Pierwsze [buˈʂɨnkɔ ˈpjɛrfʂɛ] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bobolice, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Bobolice, 39 km (24 mi) south-east of Koszalin, and 150 km (93 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. |
Q6324044 Kumbakudi Sudhakaran (born 7 June 1948), is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress. He represented Kannur Lok Sabha Constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.His leadership and support of his followers helped him win the ticket to the Central as an MP. |
Q145329 Linum narbonense, the perennial flax or blue flax, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe and similar in appearance to Linum perenne.Growing to 1–2.5 feet tall and 1 foot wide, the stem terminates in a cyme of about ten clear blue flowers with five petals, 2–2.5 cm in diameter, and the small, narrow grayish green leaves are arranged on the stem in whorls. In early summer it produces teardrops buds. The seed heads are small beige balls. |
Q4018332 Milan Rodić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Родић, pronounced [mǐlan rǒːditɕ]; born 2 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Red Star Belgrade. |
Q6723020 The Mace-Trefethen M-101 Macerschmitt, also called the Could-Bee, is a single place homebuilt aircraft design built in the late 1950s. |
Q1771035 Salvador Martínez Cubells (9 November 1845 – 21 January 1914) was a Spanish painter and art restorer, who specialized in history painting and Costumbrismo. |
Q4415049 Hattigudur is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, Hattigudur is under Shahapur taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. Hattigudur is 12 km by road south of the town of Shahapur and 9 km by road southwest of Gundgurthi. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir. |
Q16975932 Sizwe Zakho is a South African born music producer, he is known for producing artists like Rebecca Malope, Israel Mosehla and worked with a whole host of other gospel. He also traveled around the continent of Africa hosting workshops on gospel music. Zakho's distinct style of producing has seen a massive turn around in the South African gospel scene in such a way that many upcoming musicians aspired to work with him. |
Q20716097 This is a list of artists from, or associated with, Cambodia. |
Q24006665 Meshaal Al-Shammeri (Arabic:مشعل الشمري) (born 19 January 1995) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Al-Sailiya . |
Q25106376 A tensor processing unit (TPU) is an AI accelerator application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) developed by Google specifically for neural network machine learning. |
Q1181943 Bandino Selo is a village in Croatia, under the Slunj township, in Karlovac County. |
Q2630701 Nānākuli is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Waiʻanae District on the island of Oʻahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. In Hawaiian, nānā kuli means literally "look at knee". The population was 12,666 at the 2010 census. |
Q3375560 The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (R NFLD R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 5th Canadian Division's 37 Canadian Brigade Group.Predecessor units trace their origins to 1795, and since 1949 Royal Newfoundland Regiment has been a unit of the Canadian Army. During the First World War the battalion-sized regiment was the only North American unit to fight in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. Later in the war the regiment was virtually wiped out at Beaumont Hamel on July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, but was rebuilt and continued to serve throughout France and Belgium until the armistice, serving as part of the British Army of the Rhine in 1919. Since 1916, July 1 has been marked as Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador. |
Q364588 Edmund Sloane "Tad" Coffin (born May 9, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American saddlemaker and equestrian. Coffin won two gold medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal riding Bally Cor. He grew up on Long Island, then moved with his family to Strafford, Vermont, but now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the nephew of clergyman and peace activist William Sloane Coffin. |
Q1929714 Michael A. Walsh (born October 23, 1949) is an American music critic, author, screenwriter, media critic, and cultural-political consultant. |
Q2956086 Changla Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of Pakistan. It has an elevation of 2559m. During British rule it was the headquarters of the Northern Command School of Musketry. |
Q934647 Compton Abdale is a small village in Gloucestershire, England on the Roman "White Way" which ran North from Cirencester ("Corinium.") The village lies about 9 miles North of Cirencester, 1 mile South of the A40 London road.In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton Abdale like this: "COMPTON-ABDALE, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the river Colne, 3 miles WNW of Northleach, and 9 SE by E of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Northleach, under Cheltenham. Acres, 2, 215. Real property, £2, 047. Pop., 258. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. Part of the surface is heath. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £81. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church was repaired in 1859."The Anglican church building, St Oswald's, situated at the top of a steep hill, dates back to the 13th century and features unusual gargoyles. At the foot of the church path in the centre of the village a spring-fed brook emerges from a "crocodile" head constructed from stone by a local mason in the mid-19th century. This brook flows through the village before eventually joining the River Coln at Cassey Compton, which in turn joins the Thames near Lechlade.The remains of a Roman villa to the South of the village, in a wood now called Compton Grove, were known to local people in the 19th century, when some surviving materials were removed. The villa site was excavated in 1931 by a schoolmaster and pupils from Cheltenham Grammar School, but the principal trench left by their excavations was later filled from the brook by the landowner to form a swimming pool. |
Q3085559 Marcel Cadolle (Paris, 21 December 1885–Paris, 21 August 1956) was a French professional road bicycle racer.In 1907 Cadolle rode a good Tour de France, having finished in the top 6 of all of the first six stages, winning the fourth stage. Before the seventh stage, Cadolle was second in the classification. In that seventh stage, Cadolle fell, and as a result he had to stop his cycling career. |
Q1112740 Akasaka Station (赤坂駅, Akasaka-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka in Japan. Its station symbol is a track and field athlete in red be looks like "ア" which is Akasaka's initials, in connection with the annual Fukuoka Marathon, which starts and finishes at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium, located 600 m from this station. |
Q1686182 Jedlí is a village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of 9.92 square kilometres (3.83 sq mi), and has a population of 705 (as at 28 August 2006).Jedlí lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Šumperk, 51 km (32 mi) north-west of Olomouc, and 171 km (106 mi) east of Prague. |
Q7341010 Robbie Tice (born July 24, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who most recently played for Norwegian club Leknes FK. Tice has played for clubs in Canada, Scotland, England, Norway and the USA. Tice has also represented the Canadian Men's National Futsal Team |
Q7556049 Solar Trust of America was an integrated solar industrial solutions company founded in 2009 and based in Oakland, California. The company was developing the Blythe Solar Power Project, the largest solar plant in the world in the Mojave Desert, among other projects. The company was noted for having turned down a $2.1 billion loan guarantee by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the construction of the Blythe project. Uwe T. Schmidt was CEO. On April 2, 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. |
Q4702416 Al Ghadir (Arabic: الغدير في الكتاب والسنة والأدب) (that is "The Ghadir in the Book, the Sunnah, and Literature") is a 20-volume book written by the Iranian Shia scholar Abd Al Husayn Amini.The main subject of this book is discussing Hadith of the pond of Khumm according to Sunni documents. In order to do so, Amini has gathered the narrations of 110 companions (Sahaba) as well as 40 followers of Muhammad about the event. He then states the related Hadiths narrated by 360 Hadit narrators between 2nd to 14th centuries of Islamic calendar. Since Sunni Muslims - unlike Shia Muslims - do not consider Ali as the immediate legitimate successor of Muhammad, Amini in his book has tried to prove Ali's succession based on Sunni documents. Amini, in writing the book, traveled to different countries in order to take advantage of the libraries there among which were India, Iraq, Pakistan, Morocco, Egypt and some others.The first print of Al-Ghadir book published in Najaf City and developed by 9 volumes. After publishing of this great book, most of scholars of different Islamic countries wrote an explanation on it. |
Q4695377 Ahmad Kalzi (Arabic: احمد كلزي ; born January 28, 1987) is a Syrian football player who is currently playing for Al-Jaish in the Syrian Premier League. |
Q2079576 Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast), is an Ivorian-born naturalized Equatoguinean footballer who recently played as a defensive midfielder for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig. |
Q5287669 A Dutch documentary film is a documentary film made by a director of (partly) Dutch origin. Dutch documentary films are not necessarily bound to Dutch topics or locations in the Netherlands. |
Q6860166 Milly Milly or Milly Milly Station is a pastoral lease and operating sheep and cattle station located about 188 kilometres (117 mi) west of Meekatharra in the Mid-West of Western Australia. The neighbouring stations are Nookawarra to the south and Beringarra Station to the northeast. |
Q5780175 Joraqin (Persian: جورقين, also Romanized as Joraqīn) is a village in Rudbar Rural District, in the Central District of Tafresh County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 180, in 55 families. |
Q17194828 Landro Church (Norwegian: Landro kyrkje) is a parish church in Fjell municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Landro. The church is part of the Fjell parish in the Vesthordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in 1977 using designs by the architect Aksel Fronth. The church, which seats about 400 people, was consecrated on 11 December 1977. |
Q6064217 The People's Party of Andalusia (Spanish: Partido Popular de Andalucía, PP), informally also known as the Andalusian People's Party (Spanish: Partido Popular Andaluz, PPA) is the regional wing of the Spanish People's Party operating in Andalusia. It is currently the second-largest party in the Parliament of Andalusia, having formed the main opposition in the region since the party's foundation. |
Q28173364 The Kandahar State Railway opened c.1881, originally ran from Sibi and then on wards to Rindli, with the intention to reaching Quetta and onwards to Kandahar. However, the line never reached Quetta. The Kandahar State Railway joined with the southern section of the Sind–Pishin State Railway and in 1886 amalgamated, with other railways, to form North Western State Railway (NWR). |
Q1423091 Cryptocoryne is a genus of aquatic plants from the family Araceae. The genus is naturally distributed in tropical regions of India, Southeast Asia and New Guinea.The typical habitats of Cryptocoryne are mostly streams and huge rivers with not too rapidly flowing water, almost grow in the virgin forest(Including semi virgin forest). They also live in seasonally inundated forest pools or on river banks submerged only at high water.The first Cryptocoryne species was described in 1779 as Arum spirale by Retzius. SpeciesCryptocoryne affinis N.E.Br. in J.D.Hooker - Thailand, MalaysiaCryptocoryne alba de Wit - Sri LankaCryptocoryne albida R.Parker - southern China, eastern India, Bangladesh, IndochinaCryptocoryne annamica Serebryanyi - VietnamCryptocoryne aponogetifolia Merr. - PhilippinesCryptocoryne aura - West kalimantanCryptocoryne auriculata Engl. - Sarawak, PhilippinesCryptocoryne bangkaensis Bastm. - SumatraCryptocoryne beckettii Thuill. ex Trim. - Sri Lanka; naturalized in TexasCryptocoryne bogneri Rataj - Sri LankaCryptocoryne bullosa Becc. - SarawakCryptocoryne ciliata (Roxb.) Schott - India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, PhilippinesCryptocoryne cognata Schott - IndiaCryptocoryne consobrina Schott - IndiaCryptocoryne cordata var. brunneus Yosuke Kobayashi. - Central Kalimantan, South KalimantanCryptocoryne cordata var. cordata Griff. - MalaysiaCryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis Griff. - ThaiCryptocoryne cordata var. diderici Griff. - SumatraCryptocoryne cordata var. natunensis Yosuke Kobayashi. - Natuna IslandCryptocoryne cordata var. grandis Ridl. - Northeast BorneoCryptocoryne cordata var. grabowskii Engl. - South KalimantanCryptocoryne cordata var. zonata de Wit. - Sri AmanCryptocoryne coronata Bastm. & Wijng. - PhilippinesCryptocoryne crispatula var. crispatula Engl. - Southeast AsiaCryptocoryne crispatula var. alba Yosuke Kobayashi. - Thai, LaosCryptocoryne cruddasiana Prain - MyanmarCryptocoryne decus-silvae de Wit - JohorCryptocoryne dewitii'' N.Jacobsen - Papua New GuineaCryptocoryne purpurea nothovar. edithiae de Wit - South KalimantanCryptocoryne elliptica N.E.Br. - MalaysiaCryptocoryne ferruginea Engl. - SarawakCryptocoryne fusca de Wit - BorneoCryptocoryne griffithii Schott - Kalimantan, Peninsular MalaysiaCryptocoryne hudoroi Bogner & N.Jacobsen - KalimantanCryptocoryne huluensis Yosuke Kobayashi - West KalimantanCryptocoryne ideii Budianto - KalimantanCryptocoryne jacobsenii de Wit - SumatraCryptocoryne joshanii Naive & Villanueva - PhilippinesCryptocoryne keei N.Jacobsen - SarawakCryptocoryne lingua Becc. ex Engl - SarawakCryptocoryne loeiensis Bastm., T.Idei & N.Jacobsen - Laos, ThailandCryptocoryne longicaudaBecc. ex Engl. - Borneo, Malaysia, SumatraCryptocoryne mekongensis T.Idei, Bastm. & N.Jacobsen - Cambodia, Laos, ThailandCryptocoryne minima Ridl. - Malaysia, SumatraCryptocoryne moehlmannii de Wit - SumatraCryptocoryne nevillii Trimen - Sri LankaCryptocoryne noritoi Wongso - KalimantanCryptocoryne nurii var. nurii Furtado - Peninsular MalaysiaCryptocoryne nurii var. raubensis N.Jacobsen - Peninsular MalaysiaCryptocoryne pallidinervia Engl. - BorneoCryptocoryne parva de Wit- Sri LankaCryptocoryne pontederiifolia Schott - SumatraCryptocoryne purpurea nothovar. purpurea Ridl. - Peninsular MalaysiaCryptocoryne purpurea nothovar. sarawakensis Yosuke Kobayashi. - sarawakCryptocoryne purpurea nothovar. borneoensis N.Jacobsen , Bastm. - Central KalimantanCryptocoryne pygmaea Merr. - PhilippinesCryptocoryne retrospiralis (Roxb.) Kunth - Bangladesh, India, MyanmarCryptocoryne schulzei de Wit - JohorCryptocoryne scurrilis de Wit - SumatraCryptocoryne sivadasanii Bogner - southern IndiaCryptocoryne spiralis (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydler - Bangladesh, IndiaCryptocoryne striolata Engl. - BorneoCryptocoryne thwaitesii Schott - Sri LankaCryptocoryne timahensis Bastm. - Singapore (C. cordata × C. nurii)Cryptocoryne uenoi Yuji Sasaki - SarawakCryptocoryne undulata Wendt - Sri LankaCryptocoryne usteriana Engl. - PhilippinesCryptocoryne versteegii Engl. - New GuineaCryptocoryne vietnamensis I.Hertel & H.Mühlberg - VietnamCryptocoryne villosa N.Jacobsen - SumatraCryptocoryne walkeri Schott - Sri LankaCryptocoryne wendtii de Wit - Sri LankaCryptocoryne × willisii Reitz - Sri Lanka (C. parva × C. walkeri)Cryptocoryne yujii Bastm. - SarawakCryptocoryne zaidiana Ipor & Tawan - SarawakCryptocoryne zukalii Rataj - Peninsular Malaysia |
Q4745885 The Ames Range is an Antarctic range of snow-covered, flat-topped, steep-sided mountains, extending in a N-S direction for 32 km (20 mi) and forming a right angle with the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land.They were discovered by the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–41) and named by Richard E. Byrd for his father-in-law, Joseph Ames.The Ames Range consists of three coalescing shield volcanoes: Mount Andrus, Mount Kosciusko and Mount Kauffman, and Mount Boennighausen. |
Q3084563 Peštani (Macedonian: Пештани) is a village in North Macedonia, located 12 kilometres south of the city of Ohrid. It is a popular beachside town along Lake Ohrid and lies at the foot of Galičica National Park. Originally a fishing village, it now gets most of its income from tourism. |
Q2053590 Pro TV Internaţional is a Romanian international television channel owned by Pro TV Group, which broadcasts programmes of Pro TV to Romanian audiences abroad in Europe, North America and Israel.In Romania, ProTV International is part of the basic package of all local satellite platforms.ProTV International channel may be viewed anywhere in the world via the live video stream provided by its SVOD service. |
Q879159 The Lichtenhain Waterfall is a waterfall formed by the Lichtenhainer village brook and is situated in the Kirnitzsch Valley in the Saxon Switzerland of Germany. The village of Lichtenhain lies to the north of the waterfall, and is 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) away on foot, but some 20 kilometres (12 mi) away by road.William Lebrecht Götzinger, chronicler of the Saxon Switzerland, mentioned the waterfall in his 1812 work Schandau and its environments.The original waterfall was not impressive enough for tourists, so the brook was dammed up by a pushable weir. Since the Kirnitzschtalbahn, a tramway linking the waterfall with Bad Schandau, was opened in 1898, hundreds of thousands of tourists have visited the waterfall. |
Q42808 Barzago (Brianzöö: Barzàch) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Milan and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Lecco. Barzago borders the following municipalities: Barzanò, Bulciago, Castello di Brianza, Cremella, Dolzago, Garbagnate Monastero, Sirone, Sirtori. |
Q4853268 Bama is the official state soil of Alabama.The Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Alabama adopted a resolution at its 1996 annual meeting recommending the Bama Soil Series as the state soil. The association is composed of a group of soil classifiers representing the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Alabama A&M University, private soil consultants, the Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, and the Alabama Department of Public Health. The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts also joined in recommending the Bama Soil Series as the official State Soil. The Bama series was designated the official state soil by the Alabama Legislature on April 22, 1997.Bama soils are mainly in level to gently sloping areas on high stream terraces paralleling major river systems and on broad marine terraces. These very deep, well-drained, moderately permeable soils formed in thick deposits of loamy fluvial or marine sediments. These soils make up more than 360,000 acres (1,500 km2), mainly in the western and central parts of Alabama. They occur in 26 counties. These soils are well suited to cultivated crops, pasture, hay, woodland, and most urban land uses. Cotton and corn are the main cultivated crops. Bama soils are classified in USDA soil taxonomy as fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults. |
Q5212146 Dame sobh (Persian: دم صبح, Dam-e Sobh, English title: Day Break) is an award-winning 2005 independent film from Iranian director Hamid Rahmanian. It depicts a man on death row whose execution is repeatedly delayed because the family of the victim does not appear for his execution (which is necessary for an execution to take place under Iranian law). Some parts of the film are filmed like a documentary (docudrama), with characters addressing the camera crew or looking into the camera, but most of the scenes, including frequent flashbacks, are filmed in the traditional style of a fictional film.The film sets in with the written statement that "This film is based on true events"; later in the introduction of the film, it is added that it is "based on a story by Hamid Rahmanian". The cover of the DVD release by Film Movement describes the film as "based on a compilation of true stories" and adds that it was "shot inside Tehran's century-old prison".With few exceptions (e.g., Şafak in Turkey), the film has been internationally screened under the title Day Break. In the United States, the film is not rated, but according to the cover of its DVD release is "not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission". |
Q1549456 Lørenskog Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Lørenskog, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,450 and it was opened in 1984. It is the home arena of the Lørenskog ice hockey team. A new rink was installed in 2007. |
Q6692691 Lovro Mihačević (Kreševo, July 23, 1856 – November 25, 1920)) was a Croatian Catholic priest, author, albanologist and Croatian epic poet from Bosnia. He served as a missionary in Albania, spoke fluent Albanian, and published the Albanian-related works Po Albaniji (1911) and Albanski problem i Srbija i Austro-Ugarska (The Albanian Problem and Serbia and Austro-Hungary, 1913). He heavily influenced his pupil Gjergj Fishta, a renowned Albanian epic poet.Mihačević contributed to Albanian culture. While working as missionary in Albania, in Franciscan schools in Troshan and Shkodra, he instilled the love for literature and mother tongue of his pupil, later famous Albanian writer, "Albanian Homer", Gjergj Fishta. |
Q5066275 Chad Jonathon Jones (born 15 June 1984) is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), having previously played for the Kangaroos and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Perth, Western Australia, Jones made his debut for Claremont in 2003, and was recruited to the Kangaroos in the 2003 National Draft. Over three seasons at the club, he played six games, kicking a single goal, before being traded to West Coast prior to the 2007 season. At West Coast, Jones played seven games over two seasons before being delisted. Remaining with Claremont where he played as a key forward, Jones led the club's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, also winning the Bernie Naylor Medal as the competition's leading goalkicker in both seasons. He went on to play in Claremont's 2011 and 2012 premiership sides, having also represented Western Australia in two interstate matches. |
Q7386487 Róbert Litauszki (born 15 March 1990 in Budapest) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Újpest. |
Q18217781 José Adolfo Murat Macías was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). As of 2003 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress as a plurinominal representative from the State of Mexico (Estado de Mexico). He finished his tenure in 2006. |
Q20028574 Sari Kärnä (born April 2, 1988) is a Finnish ice hockey player for JYP Jyväskylä and the Finnish national team.She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship. |
Q19975478 George Young (c. 1822 – 29 April 1869) was a businessman and politician in the colony of South Australia. |
Q20007218 Rhoshill (alternatively, Rhos-hill) is a hamlet on the A478 road where it intersects with the unclassified road from Cilgerran to Eglwyswrw in north Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is in the community of Cilgerran and in Cilgerran parish, and includes the Rhosygilwen estate. |
Q21189795 The 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season was the Rays' 19th season of Major League Baseball and the ninth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). After starting the season 30-32, the Rays went 38-62 across their final 100 games, including a dismal 3-24 stretch before the All-Star Break, to finish at 68-94, their worst record since the 2007 season. |
Q23016968 The Hermitage, also known as the John Ottis Adams and Winifred Brady Adams Home and Studio, is a historic home located at Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana. The original house was built about 1835 by well-to-do paper manufacturer James Henry Speer, and reconfigured in 1898. It is a 1 1/2-story, Bungalow / American Craftsman inspired frame dwelling sheathed in clapboard. It features a full-width front porch supported by 17 tapered columns. At each end of the house are artists studios. A rear section rises to 2 1/2-stories. Also on the property are the levee built after a flood in 1913, contributing gazebo (c. 1910), pergola (c. 1910), and outhouse. It was the home of artist J. Ottis Adams (1851-1927).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is located in the Brookville Historic District. |
Q19060259 The canton of Auxerre-4 is an administrative division of the Yonne department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Auxerre.It consists of the following communes:Auxerre (partly)ChevannesVallan |
Q42530106 Brian Baker and Sam Groth were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.Brydan Klein and Joe Salisbury won the title after defeating Denis Kudla and Miķelis Lībietis 6–2, 6–4 in the final. |
Q6555571 Lionel Charles Knights (15 May 1906 – 8 March 1997) was an English literary critic, an authority on Shakespeare and his period. His essay How many children had Lady Macbeth? (1933) is a classic of modern criticism. He became King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge in 1965. |
Q1132161 USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043) was a frigate in the US Navy and the third in its class. Named for medal of honor recipient Vice Admiral Edward Orrick McDonnell. |
Q5618699 Gunduz Caginalp is a mathematician whose research has also contributed over 100 papers to physics, materials science and economics/finance journals, including two with Prof. Michael Fisher and nine with Nobel Laureate Prof. Vernon Smith. He started Cornell University in 1970 and received an AB in 1973 "Cum Laude with Honors in All Subjects" and Phi Beta Kappa, Master's in 1976 and PhD in 1978. He has held positions at The Rockefeller University, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh (since 1984), where he is currently Professor of Mathematics. He was born in Turkey, and spent his first seven years and ages 13–16 there, and the middle years in New York City.Prof. Caginalp was married in 1992 to Eva. They have three sons, Carey, Reggie and Ryan.He served as the Editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance (1999–2003), and is an Associate Editor for numerous journals. He has been the recipient of National Science Foundation and private foundation awards. |
Q4775445 Antoine Carre (fl. 1786-1808) was a French explorer and fur trader. After marrying the daughter of an Ottawa chieftain, he himself became founder and leader of the Bear River Ottawas during the mid-18th century as Neaatooshing (or Nee-i-too-shing).His son Chief Petosegay and grandson Ignatius Petoskey were prominent Ottawa leaders throughout the 19th century, the land of the Bear River Ottawas being the site of the present day town Petoskey, Michigan. |
Q258207 Jesus B. Tuquib is a Filipino archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines. Tuquib first assumed episcopal office as Bishop of the Diocese of Pagadian. |
Q5020041 California's 37th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Monique Limón of Santa Barbara. |
Q8040874 Wólka Kijewska [ˈvulka kiˈjɛfska] (German: Klöwenhorst) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olecko, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Olecko and 133 km (83 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of 110. |
Q2953584 The 1949 Campeonato de Selección y Competencia was the 33rd season of the Peruvian Primera División. Eight teams participated in the second-to-last amateur-status championship, which was played as a triple round-robin tournament. The champions were Universitario. No team was relegated; therefore the top-flight grew to 10 teams for 1950. |
Q3514436 Talassa is a town and commune in Chlef Province, Algeria. |
Q5150252 Coluzea aapta is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. |
Q7106118 Oscar M. Ruebhausen (August 28, 1912 – December 7, 2004) was a prominent New York City lawyer, and adviser to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, and a president of the New York City Bar Association. |
Q142815 Rothschildia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1896.Species are found in North America and South America from the United States to Argentina. |
Q7170092 Persela U-21, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Lamongan under-21 is a reserve football club based in Lamongan, Indonesia. Currently the club plays in Indonesia Super League U-21, the top flight reserve football league in the country.Lamongan U21s has received success in 2010/11 season, the team beat Semen Padang U21s 2-0 in the Under 21 League final at Sumantri Brojonegoro. |
Q15058904 Netherton is a hamlet in the parish of Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England. |
Q8002936 Çanakçı is a village in the District of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey. |
Q6965329 Naranappa Uppoor (1918–1984) was a famous bhagavath (Yakshagana singer) of Yakshagana art during 20th Century. He was much known for his voice, knowledge of tradition and heritage of Yakshagana. Dr. Shivarama Karanth, writer and his contemporary opined that Naranappa Uppoor is one person who is very familiar with the rich heritage of stage traditions (of Yakshagana). Only he can tell us what we had in the past and what we are losing. |
Q16973397 The Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre (DIFC) is based at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire. Largely created from the staff of the National Imagery Exploitation Centre (formally known as JARIC) and then known for several years as the Defence Geospatial Intelligence Fusion Centre, it can trace its history back to clandestine reconnaissance operations at the beginning of the Second World War by Sydney Cotton on behalf of MI6 and then MI4, and the formation of the Allied Central Interpretation Unit at RAF Medmenham (sister to Bletchley Park). Today, DIFC's role has grown beyond just imagery intelligence. Part of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group (JFIG) within Defence Intelligence, DIFC's primary role is to support Defence planning, current operations and the intelligence assessment process. DIFC still provides specialist imagery intelligence, but also conducts multi-disciplinary intelligence fusion for the armed forces and other UK Government partners. The integrated multi-disciplinary Task Groups at DIFC use data and reporting from various sources (including satellite imagery), together with other advanced technologies, to provide critical information and over-watch to tactical, operational and strategic decision makers. DIFC is a joint service and civilian organisation under the command of an RAF Group Captain. |
Q5812465 Bayancholi-ye Kord (Persian: بيانچلي كرد, also Romanized as Bayāncholī-ye Kord) is a village in Qarah Quyun-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 33, in 7 families. |
Q30611858 Midwest is the third studio album by Norwegian jazz musician Mathias Eick. The album was released by the label ECM Records on 20 March 2015. |
Q3649044 Formica rubicunda is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. |
Q1157075 King Ding of Zhou (Chinese: 周定王; pinyin: Zhōu Dìng Wáng), or King Ting of Chou, was the twenty-first king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the ninth of Eastern Zhou. He was a son of King Qing of Zhou and brother of King Kuang of Zhou.He sent an official named Wangsun Man to present gifts to the Chu army. He met Prince Zhuang. |
Q7452062 September is a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher. September was published in 1990, three years after The Shell Seekers. Although one Shell Seekers character, Noel Keeling, makes a fairly minor appearance, a new cast of characters is introduced.Violet Aird is the centre of the novel, the matriarch of the Aird clan, and long-time family friend of Lord Balmerino a.k.a. Archie Blair. The characters of the book all have a problem to overcome, such as jealousy, envy, or greed. Violet watches over them all, but knows she can only watch.Lottie Carstairs, released from the local psychiatric hospital drives Violet's friend (and employee) Edie to distraction - along with everyone else, disagreement over their son's schooling drives parents Edmund and Virginia Aird ever further apart, the Balmerinos are deeply troubled by debt, and into all this, the bewitching and beautiful Pandora Blair, who ran away from home twenty years before, adds her own brand of chaos. |
Q7328980 Richard Sharp, FRS, FSA (1759 – 30 March 1835), also known as "Conversation" Sharp, was a British hat-maker, banker, merchant, poet, critic, Member of Parliament, and conversationalist.He was at various times known in London society as "Hatter Sharp", "Furrier Sharp", "Copenhagen Sharp" (after a famous speech that he gave as an MP castigating the British bombardment of Copenhagen) or, most famously of all, as "Conversation Sharp". |
Q7371670 Rover's Morning Glory is a syndicated hot talk morning radio show originating from Cleveland rock station WMMS (100.7 FM). Hosted by radio personality Rover (Shane French), the show first began at cross-town rival WXTM (92.3 FM) in 2003, quickly becoming one of the top-rated shows in the Cleveland radio market. The show briefly moved to Chicago in 2006 to serve as a regional replacement for The Howard Stern Show, mostly in Midwestern markets, following Stern's move to Sirius Satellite Radio. Since the move to WMMS in 2008, the show has been syndicated by iHeartMedia. Rover's Morning Glory is under contract to air on WMMS through 2021. |
Q6836459 Michel Le Moignan (November 7, 1919 – December 21, 2000) was a Catholic priest and a Canadian politician from Quebec. |
Q15221589 Getik (Armenian: Գետիկ; formerly, Chaykend and Ghai-kend) is a town in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. |
Q4889951 Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1986 album by alto saxophonist Benny Carter, featuring the pianist Oscar Peterson. |
Q5372263 Emily Luchetti is an American pastry chef with San Francisco restaurant Farallon, and author and a television chef on the TV series Great Chefs, with appearances in Great Chefs - The Women and Great Chefs - Great Cities. She has also worked at Stars and with Jeremiah Tower. In 2012 she became a James Beard Foundation Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America Inductee. She is dean of the International Culinary Center, founded at the French Culinary Institute in 1984, where she has developed a state-of-the art curriculum because she desired to influence the thinking of a new generation of pastry chefs. |
Q17036 Bundesautobahn 253 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 253, short form Autobahn 253, abbreviated as BAB 253 or A 253) is a short motorway in Hamburg, in north Germany. It connects the A 252 with the B 75. |
Q6870705 Minuscule 611 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 250 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 133a and 166p. |
Q7313460 Renpet Mons is a large shield volcano, located on the eastern portion of a ridge-belt province on Venus. It has a diameter of 300 km (190 mi) and is the source for massive lava flows overlying the Snegurochka Planitia plain. |
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