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Q20876719 The 1905 Liverpool Everton by-election was held on 22 February 1905 after the resignation due to ill health of the incumbent Conservative MP Sir John Archibald Willox. It was retained by the Conservative candidate John Harmood-Banner.
Q18160170 Prof. Michael Patrick Fogarty (3 October 1916 – 20 January 2001), was a British Liberal Party politician and academic.
Q13442836 Bothriomyrmex decapitans is a species of ant in the genus Bothriomyrmex. Described by Santschi in 1911, the species is endemic to Algeria and Tunisia.
Q20013475 "Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix)", also shortened to "I'm Sorry", is a 2012 song created for the satirical website The Poke by music producer Alex Ross. The song is a remixed version of a video of Nick Clegg (then Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) apologising for voting in favour of raising tuition fees. The song reached number 143 in the UK Singles Chart.
Q233022 Christine Joan Taylor-Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel, as well as roles in The Wedding Singer, Zoolander, and DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.
Q766401 Copper extraction refers to the methods used to obtain copper from its ores. The conversion of copper consists of a series of physical and electrochemical processes. Methods have evolved and vary with country depending on the ore source, local environmental regulations, and other factors.As in all mining operations, the ore must usually be beneficiated (concentrated). The processing techniques depend on the nature of the ore. If the ore is primarily sulfide copper minerals (such as chalcopyrite), the ore is crushed and ground to liberate the valuable minerals from the waste ('gangue') minerals. It is then concentrated using mineral flotation. The concentrate is typically then sold to distant smelters, although some large mines have smelters located nearby. Such colocation of mines and smelters was more typical in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when smaller smelters could be economic. The sulfide concentrates are typically smelted in such furnaces as the Outokumpo or Inco flash furnace or the ISASMELT furnace to produce matte, which must be converted and refined to produce anode copper. Finally, the final refining process is electrolysis. For economic and environmental reasons, many of the byproducts of extraction are reclaimed. Sulfur dioxide gas, for example, is captured and turned into sulfuric acid — which can then be used in the extraction process or sold for such purposes as fertiliser manufacture.Oxidised copper ores can be treated by hydrometallurgical extraction.
Q5030675 The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is a Canadian aviation museum located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton, Ontario. The museum has 47 military jets, propeller-driven aircraft and helicopters on display.Displayed is a collection of Canadian military aircraft, many in flying condition. The museum is also restoring several Second World War and Cold War aircraft, including a TBM Avenger a De Havilland Canada built S-2 Tracker and a Bristol Bolingbroke. The flying collection performs at air shows and is made available for local flights by museum visitors.The Avro Lancaster flown by the museum is one of only two airworthy Lancasters in the world. Known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster in honour of Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, it is painted in the markings of his aircraft. An Ontario Historical Plaque near the entrance commemorates Eileen Vollick's role in Ontario's heritage as Canada's first licensed female pilot.
Q498171 The maxillary artery supplies deep structures of the face. It branches from the external carotid artery just deep to the neck of the mandible.
Q4693276 Agnontas (Greek: Αγνώντας) is a beach village with a small port located on the Greek island of Skopelos. Agnontas is the alternative port for ferryboats and passenger hydrofoils when bad weather closes the main port of the town of Skopelos. Agnondas was an athlete from Skopelos, a champion of the Ancient Olympic Games in 569 BC. It is said that on his victorious return to Skopelos his ship landed in this port. His fellow islanders named the harbor in his honor.
Q7564704 Sound Pressure Level the first album by the noise group MAZK. It comes in a clear jewel case with no artwork, beneath the CD is a paper insert in the same shape. The artist and title are written as "MAZK SPL" on the disc and "Masami Akita & Zbigniew Karkowski – Sound Pressure Level" on the insert.
Q5496275 Frederic William Sington (February 24, 1910 – August 20, 1998) was an American football and baseball player. Sington was also an accomplished saxophonist.
Q7976121 Wayne Cooper is a British-born fashion designer based in Australia.Cooper grew up in London's East End. Always interested in fashion, he moved to Australia in 1985 and trained in fashion design at East Sydney Technical College while working at the Sydney clothing store, Masons.Cooper was part of a successful fashion partnership in Sydney for 7 years, before launching his own label 'BRAVE'. In 1996 the signature line 'WAYNE COOPER' was added to the 'BRAVE' label, and in 2002 the lot was replaced by the 'WAYNE' label. He has shown for the past 10 years at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week, and his shows have traditionally featured well known international models, including Amber Valletta, Linda Evangelista, Alek Wek, Sarah O'Hare, Eva Herzigova and Carmen Cass. He regularly shows in Japan, France, the UK and the US.Cooper was a guest on cycles three, four and five of Australia's Next Top Model. Cooper has two boutiques located in Melbourne, Australia. His label is also available in selected department stores in Australia and international department stores including Myer.[1]On 20 June 2008 Cooper was charged by police with assaulting his wife, Sarah Marsh. On 31 October 2008 Cooper pleaded guilty to common assault and was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond after charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intimidation were dropped. Cooper assaulted his wife days after she had cancer surgery.Cooper has also been criticised by NSW Health due to his willingness to work with tobacco companies.
Q5879266 "Hold On Hold Out" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It is from his 1980 album Hold Out. It was released as the third single from the album, but due to its slightly over-eight-minute length, it was released as a "specially priced" 12" 45 rpm record (Asylum 11477) instead of the traditional 7", Asylum records possibly hoping to repeat the 12" airplay success of "The Load-Out/Stay" medley from the previous album. However, "Hold On Hold Out" only reached #103 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
Q5526222 Gary and Dave were a Canadian pop duo composed of Gary Weeks (born May 22, 1950 in Charlottetown, PEI) and David Lloyd George "Dave" Beckett (born July 5, 1949 in Newmarket, Ontario). They are best known for their 1973 song "Could You Ever Love Me Again".Weeks and Beckett had been friends since grade school in the early 1960s. They played in numerous bands until 1966, when the pair competed in a United Appeal concert and came in fourth out of five hundred acts. They began to play the festival circuit, and became a top attraction at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.Gary & Dave's first recordings were made in 1969; in 1970 they had a single on Quality 1977 - "Tender Woman" b/w "I'm A Rider." In 1972, they signed with Greg Hambleton's Axe Records label, and made two singles that didn't see much action. Then in 1973, they released their own composition, "Could You Ever Love Me Again." It entered the RPM 100 on July 14, 1973 at #98. It picked up a bullet at #44 on September 8, lost it at #31 on September 22, gained it back on October 20 at #10. It was #2 with a bullet for two weeks in a row, and then hit #1 without the bullet on November 17.Gary and Dave toured with The Stampeders in 1973 to promote "Could You Ever Love Me Again," and their first album. The single was released in twenty-two countries. It did particularly well in Australia. The single became their only entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and was a Top 20 hit in the Detroit/Windsor market thanks to airplay support from CKLW.The pair continued to record with Hambleton in 1974, and toured in western Canada with Jay Telfer. They had further hits with "I Fell In Love With You Sometime" and a cover of Carole King's "It Might As Well Rain Until September." They had six further singles through 1976, the last one on Polydor, and made two albums for Axe plus a Greatest Hits compilation.Both Gary and Dave had a long-standing love of flying. In 1975, they left music altogether to pursue careers as pilots with Airtransit STOL Canada. They did return to their music careers for a time but, after their official disbanding, both Gary and Dave went to work as pilots for Air Canada. Gary Weeks later became a pastor, and left Canada for Ireland, where he worked as a missionary.Gary had three sons, Ben, Jesse and Daniel. Daniel became the youngest pilot in Canada when he got his licence on his 16th birthday after Gary completed introductory flight training with him. In 2005, Gospel Folio Press published Gary's biography, "Could You Ever Love Me Again: The Gary Weeks Story of Forgiveness."
Q6806715 Medicine Hat High School (Hat High) is a high school of approximately 1300 students. It is located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It is a member of School District 76 (SD76), Medicine Hat's main public district and has the largest capacity of all schools within Medicine Hat, Alberta.MHHS was originally built in 1952. The majority of its current main construction took place in 1962. It was again modernized from 2015 to 2017 at a cost of approximately $37.2M. The modernization process was completed in 2017.The MHHS building housed what is now The Medicine Hat College until 1971, at which point The MHC moved to its own campus location on College Drive.On October 5, 2017 MHHS hosted a major homecoming event for former athletes and families to celebrate the modernization of the school and its history.
Q5454705 Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it would have a new location in Bugs Bunny World. By April 2011, the entire coaster has finished construction on site. The ride opened on May 28, 2011, for Memorial Day Weekend.
Q5317567 Dutuheh (Persian: دوتوهه‎) or Dohtuheh (Persian: ده توهه‎) or Do Tuyeh or Dowpuyeh or Dotuyeh or Dutuyeh may refer to:Dohtuheh-ye OlyaDutuheh-ye Sofla
Q1990120 Algophilus lathridioides is a species of beetles in the family Haliplidae, the only species in the genus Algophilus. Its range includes parts of South Africa.
Q2458583 Tsunoda (written: 角田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Kazuo Tsunoda (1918–2013), Japanese fighter pilotJoyce Sachiko Tsunoda (born 1938), Japanese-American college administratorNarumi Tsunoda (born 1962), Japanese voice actorRyūsaku Tsunoda (1877–1964), Japanese JapanologistsTomoshige Tsunoda, major in the Imperial Japanese MilitaryTadanobu Tsunoda, Japanese authorYuki Tsunoda (角田裕毅, born 2000), Japanese racing driver
Q20805262 The 1929 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1929 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bill Ingram, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–2–2 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 233 to 59.The annual Army–Navy Game was not played in 1929 due to disagreement over player eligibility standards.
Q23304373 Peter Warren (born 13 May 1953) is an Australian former cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Tasmania between 1974 and 1977.
Q25005111 The 1986 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–8 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.UTEP defeated top-seeded Wyoming in the championship game, 65–64, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. Third-seeded Utah, who lost in the quarterfinal round, also earned an at-large bid.
Q28448166 The 1984 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Dick Scesniak, the Golden Flashes compiled a 4–7 record (3–6 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for eighth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 199 to 135.The team's statistical leaders included Derrick Nix with 720 rushing yards, Stu Rayburn with 1,381 passing yards, and Ken Hughes with 621 receiving yards. Defensive back Derrick Samuels was selected as a first-team All-MAC player.
Q30348859 SK Benátky nad Jizerou is a Czech football club located in Benátky nad Jizerou. It plays in the Bohemian Football League, the third tier of football in the country. Benátky was promoted to the Czech Fourth Division in June 2014. In 2015, the club was functioning as a farm team for First League side FK Mladá Boleslav.
Q6644 Year 1485 (MCDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Q752847 The term status quo ante bellum (also statu quo ante bellum and often shortened to status quo ante) is a Latin phrase meaning "the state existing before the war".The term was originally used in treaties to refer to the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of prewar leadership. When used as such, it means that no side gains or loses territory or economic and political rights. This contrasts with uti possidetis, where each side retains whatever territory and other property it holds at the end of the war.The term has been generalized to form the phrases status quo and status quo ante. Outside this context, the term antebellum is, in the United States, usually associated with the period before the American Civil War, while in Europe and elsewhere with the period before World War I.
Q6178893 Jennifer Toth is a British journalist and writer.
Q139658 Brugia malayi is a nematode (roundworm), one of the three causative agents of lymphatic filariasis in humans. Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a condition characterized by swelling of the lower limbs. The two other filarial causes of lymphatic filariasis are Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia timori, which both differ from B. malayi morphologically, symptomatically, and in geographical extent.B. malayi is transmitted by Mansonia mosquitoes and is restricted to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the tropical diseases targeted for elimination by the year 2020 by the World Health Organization, which has spurred vaccine and drug development, as well as new methods of vector control.
Q232636 Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan (皇嗣文仁親王妃紀子, Kōshi Fumihito Shinnōhi Kiko) (born Kiko Kawashima (川嶋紀子, Kawashima Kiko); 11 September 1966), is the wife of Prince Fumihito, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
Q15054299 Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale, PC (14 September 1911 – 12 April 1982) was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s.
Q6491719 Lars Sederholm is a Swedish-British equestrian trainer. He is a former consultant head of training for the British Showjumping Association.There have been at least two of Sederholm's pupils at every Olympic, World, and European Championship in horse trials since 1962. He has been involved with the training of teams for the Olympic Games for four different nations, has trained international show jumpers, three-day eventers, Grand Prix dressage riders and horses, racehorses, and judges.For some time, Sederholm was based in Oxfordshire at the Waterstock Horse Training Centre.
Q1537931 Gordon Douglas Roberts (born October 2, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played 1,097 NHL regular season games from 1979 to 1994. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. His brother Doug Roberts is also a former NHL player.
Q8029949 Tümmler (English: Dolphin) was a wolf pack of German U-boats that operated from October 1–11, 1942 in World War II. This pack was sent into the Mediterranean Sea from their French bases and all of them succeeded in getting through the Strait of Gibraltar safely.
Q4777688 Anu Elisa Koivisto (born May 9, 1980 in Helsinki, Finland) is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Finland. She swam for Finland at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and national records.At the 1996 Olympics she was part of Finland's women's 4×100 Medley Relay, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen.Koivisto lives in Oslo, Norway with the retired Norwegian swimmer Børge Mørk. She has a dietitian's license and works for Norway's Olympiatoppen. The couple has two children, Kia and Alexis, and has caused controversy for being an anti-vaccinationist and not allowing her children to be vaccinated.
Q16027098 Henry "Ole Pete" Peterson (ca.1854-1934) is an American folk legend and "Big Man", who lived in Port Tampa, Florida. He is considered by some to be the "John Henry" of Florida.
Q5539763 George Goch was the Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa from 1904 to 1905.The following are named after him:George Goch Hostel, male-only mine compound originally built during the apartheid years to house Zulu workersGeorge Goch Informal Settlement, in Dube, South AfricaGeorge Goch Amalgamated Gold Mining Co.George Goch Railway Station, situated between Denver and Jeppe stations, on the Germiston to Johannesburg mainlineGeorge Goch StadiumGeorge Goch Street, Newtown, Johannesburg since renamed Henry Nxumalo StreetGeorge Goch Township, also known as Eastern Native TownshipGoch Street, apartheid era township slang for the notorious John Vorster Square police station, JohannesburgGoch Street shooting, 1977 shoot-out near John Vorster Square, between police and Umkhonto we Sizwe members Solomon Mahlangu and Monty MotloungGeorge Goch Mines Natives, an African dance and music group
Q2182334 The 2002 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg in Russia and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from October 21 through October 27, 2002.
Q7700438 Countries could enter one team in the doubles tournament and three athletes in the singles tournament. Seeding will be based on ATP and WTA rankings at the time of the draw (October 16).
Q15550378 Brachyscome angustifolia is a former species name in the flowering plant genus Brachyscome.Brachyscome angustifolia var. angustifolia is currently known as Brachyscome graminea.The name Brachyscome angustifolia var. heterophylla is currently referred to the following species:Brachyscome browniiBrachyscome formosaBrachyscome kaputarensisBrachyscome linearifoliaBrachyscome salkiniaeBrachyscome sieberiBrachyscome trilobaBrachyscome willisii
Q20983243 Joseph Alexander Browne (25 February 1876 – 11 November 1946) was an Australian politician and judge.He was born at Adelong to farmers Edward and Eliza Jane Browne. He was educated at Grenfell and then at Fort Street High School, then working as a teacher from 1891 to 1903. He worked as a clerk while studying at night, graduating from the University of Sydney in 1904 whereupon he was called to the bar. On 21 January 1909 he married Laura Hannah Amos, with whom he had four children. He specialised in industrial law, and in 1912 was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council by the Labor government, although he was not a party member and was not always a reliable Labor vote. Appointed King's Counsel in 1926, he resigned from the Council in 1932 to become Chief Industrial Commissioner. He resigned from this position in 1942 due to failing health and died at Potts Point in 1946.
Q20981702 Marco Marais (born 17 October 1993) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in the Border cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.In November 2017, he scored 300 not out from 191 deliveries, batting for Border against Eastern Province in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup. This was the fastest triple century in first-class cricket, the ninth triple century in first-class cricket in South Africa and the first in the country since 2010. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Border, with 810 runs in nine matches.In August 2018, he was named in Border's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In Border's opening match of the tournament, against Namibia, Marais scored 103 not out, although Border lost the match by five wickets. On the following day, Marais scored his second century of the tournament, making 106 not out. He scored 295 runs in four matches, with Cricket South Africa calling him the standout player of the tournament. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, with 359 runs in six matches.In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.
Q22285377 Epiphthora harpastis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are whitish, irrorated with dark fuscous and with a very indistinct darker slender transverse fascia at one-third, slightly oblique. There is an oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum, and a spot on the tornus darker, very obscure. The hindwings are light grey.
Q18112079 Haru (Chinese: 春梅) is a Taiwanese Hokkien television drama that began airing on TTV Main Channel in Taiwan on 7 May 2015, from Mondays to Fridays, and ends on 21 July 2015, with a total of 54 episodes.
Q30109433 Lindsaeineae is a suborder of ferns (Polypodiopsida), order Polypodiales, created by the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (2016). It consists of two monogeneric families plus the larger Lindsaeaceae with seven genera, and the suborder contains about 237 species overall. It corresponds to Lindsaeaceae sensu Smith 2016.
Q3220781 Canada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary television series on the history of Canada. It first aired on CBC Television from October 2000 to November 2001. The production was an unusually large project for the national network, especially during budget cutbacks. The unexpected success of the series actually led to increased government funding for the CBC. It was also an unusual collaboration with the French arm of the network, which traditionally had autonomous production. The full run of the episodes was produced in English and French. The series title in French was Le Canada: Une histoire populaire. In 2004, OMNI.1 and OMNI.2 began airing multicultural versions, in Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.The producers intended to make this a dramatic history of the Canadian people; as much as possible, the story was told through the words of the people involved, from great leaders and explorers to everyday people of the land at the time. The documentary makes effective use of visuals, transitions, and dramatic music from or evocative of the eras being covered. In the first season, actors representing historical figures spoke their words, while later seasons used voiceovers over photographic images and film or, when available, original recordings of the subject.In June 2017, CBC Television aired two new episodes. Part one aired on June 15, 2017, with part two on June 22nd 2017.
Q1331624 Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Ranulph "Ran" Fiennes (), is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records. He is also a writer and poet.Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world's greatest living explorer. Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists.
Q6151163 Jane Beale (also Collins and Clarke) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Laurie Brett. She made her first appearance on 21 June 2004. Brett took maternity leave in 2011 and departed on 19 May. She returned on 8 November and departed again on 27 January 2012. Jane made a temporary return to the show on 6 January 2014 until 20 May and permanently from 24 November 2014. Her major storylines have included her relationship and later marriages to Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt); the first ended due to his affair with Glenda Mitchell (Glynis Barber), an affair with Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp), accidentally shot by Ian's stepson Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) which results her desire to have a child of her own following a hysterectomy, a relationship with Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), her popular friendship with Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), covering up her adopted son Bobby's (Eliot Carrington) role in the murder of her stepdaughter Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater), being paralysed after being brutally attacked with a hockey stick by Bobby, caught up in the fire at Beale's restaurant, which was started by Steven before she was then left in the blaze by Max Branning (Jake Wood) and being forced by Max to leave Walford which led to a second departure on 23 October 2017. She made two voiceover appearances on 8 and 25 December 2017.
Q146417 Moldova competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Q5141465 Discography for the experimental music group Coil and their aliases.
Q4848954 Bajva railway station is a railway station in Bajva town of Vadodara district of Gujarat. Its code is BJW. It is the rail head for the Gujarat Refinery for petrol and diesel. Bajva is also the loading point of fertilizers from Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals. Passenger, MEMU and Intercity trains halt here.
Q5438971 Faye Carol is a jazz and blues singer from Mississippi.
Q2756219 Marcus of Viterbo (1304–1369) was an Italian Franciscan. He became Minister General of his order in 1359, a papal legate, and in 1366 a Cardinal.He died of plague. A monument to him is in the Chiesa di S. Francesco in Viterbo.
Q4851154 Balkumari is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 8790 with 1349 houses.
Q4729352 All Saints' Church, Stanton Hill is a parish church in the Church of England in Stanton Hill, Nottinghamshire.The church is not a listed building, however, Stanton Hill War Memorial, in front of the Church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is of special architectural or historic interest.
Q6141499 James Purdum (born April 16, 1971) is an American animation director. Purdum directed several episodes of the animated series Family Guy. He has also served as a director, animation timer and character layout artist for Futurama and The Simpsons.
Q7962468 Walking Shadow Theatre Company is a Minneapolis-based professional non-profit theatre company which was founded in 2004 by John Heimbuch, Amy Rummenie and David Pisa with the following aims: to develop the talents of its artists, to nurture audience commitment to the arts, to facilitate dialogue within the community and to examine local culture in a global context. The company's name comes from Act V, Scene V of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Heimbuch and Rummenie currently serve as the company's Artistic Directors; Pisa currently serves as the company's Executive Director.
Q3771066 Giuseppe Mulè (28 June 1885, Termini Imerese - 10 September 1951, Rome) was an Italian composer and conductor. His output includes numerous symphonic works and chamber works, incidental music for the stage, 7 operas, 5 film scores, and an oratorio. His work is characterized by its use of Italian folk melodies, verismo, and a tritone-inflected melodic style.Mulè studied at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory in Palermo. In 1903, even before completing his academic studies, he composed a Largo for cello and piano that was used as an opening song in national radio broadcasts in Italy for RAI.After graduating from the conservatory he pursued a career as a conductor in Italy, working with many of that nation's leading orchestras. He became the director of the Palermo Conservatory in 1922. He left there in 1925 to become the director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, a post he held for 20 years. During the fascist era he was recognized for his talent for organization. He was made national secretary of the Sindicato del Musicisti, which he represented in parliament alongside composer Adriano Lualdi from 1929 on.He retired in 1945 and lived in Rome until his death six years later. His son, Francesco Mulé, became a successful actor in Italy.
Q7704473 Terry Gunn (born 27 September 1935) is an English former cricketer. Gunn was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Barnsley, Yorkshire.Gunn made his first-class debut for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 1961 County Championship. Gunn made a number of appearances for Sussex over the next seven seasons, mostly due to the presence of Jim Parks in the Sussex squad, with Gunn generally getting his opportunities in the Sussex first team when Parks was on England Test duty. All told, Gunn made 41 first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in 1967. A specialist wicket-keeper with limited batting skills, he scored a total of 179 runs at an average of 5.11, with a high score of 19 not out. Fantastic behind the stumps he took 109 catches and made 5 stumpings. He gained his Sussex cap in 1965 and left Sussex following the 1968 season.
Q11176541 Gerhard Klimeck is a German-American scientist and author in the field of nanotechnology. He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP), a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), and a fellow of IEEE. He is the Reilly Director of the Center for Predictive Materials and Devices (c-PRIMED), the Director of nanoHUB, the Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University, and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He guides the technical developments and strategies of nanoHUB.org which annually serves over 1.5 million users worldwide with online simulations, tutorials, and seminars.
Q5213203 Dan Buckingham (born 25 September 1980) is a wheelchair rugby player from New Zealand, and was a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks for 16 years. He works as General Manager for the Television Production Company Attitude.
Q6420185 The Klein and Sutmar Block on Main Avenue in Oakes, North Dakota was built in 1904. It includes Italianate architecture.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.According to its NRHP nomination, out of all of Oakes buildings, it "is the single remaining building with an ornate pressedmetal facade."
Q16009999 Lance Sergeant Kenneth I Harrison (1918-1982) of Melbourne was an Australian anti-tank non-commissioned officer who fought in the Malayan Campaign. He was eventually captured by the Japanese, becoming a prisoner of war held initially at Changi in Singapore. When the war ended he was among the first foreigners to enter Hiroshima. After the war he became an author, writing about his experiences.
Q21178686 Mektek Studios is a Canadian video game development studio based in Saint John, New Brunswick. Their first game, Heavy Gear Assault, is currently under development. It will be published by StompyBot Productions.
Q15525717 Bossiaea bossiaeoides is a glaucous shrub from 0.5 to 2 m high, in the pea family (Fabaceae), which is found in northern Australia, in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. Apparently leafless, it has branches which are broadly winged. It grows on sand and sandstone, on stony hillsides, creek banks and outcrops. Its flowers are yellow and it flowers from April to August.The species was first described as Acacia bossiaeoides in 1842 by Allan Cunningham from sterile material and was revised to Bossiaea bossiaeoides by Court in 1971.The type specimen is BM 000810959, collected by Robert Brown on 16 December 1802 on the north island of the Sir Edward Pellew Group.
Q3070165 Hornbeck is a town in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 480 at the 2010 census, up from 435 in 2000. It is part of the Fort Polk South Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Q2927484 Bucky Bug is a beetle who appears in Disney comics. He first appeared in the Silly Symphony Sunday comic strip, and later appeared as a regular feature in the comic book Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.
Q1423792 The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA, ) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 train stations. It is the eighth-largest rapid transit system in the United States by ridership.MARTA operates almost exclusively in Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb counties, although they maintain bus service to two destinations in neighboring Cobb County (Six Flags Over Georgia and the Cumberland Transfer Center next to the Cumberland Mall). MARTA also operates Mobility, a separate paratransit service for disabled customers. As of 2014, the average total daily ridership for the system (bus and rail) was 432,900 passengers.
Q5293127 Donald G. McPherson (born April 2, 1965) is a former National Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback. He spent seven seasons in the NFL and CFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Oilers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Ottawa Rough Riders.He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988 after a college career at Syracuse University during which he won the Maxwell Award, the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and finished second in the 1987 Heisman Trophy voting. He also played for the Houston Oilers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders. His accomplishments during his tenure at Syracuse propelled him to be inducted into the NCAA College Football Hall of Fame announced on May 1, 2008.After retiring from football in 1994, McPherson joined the staff of Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, before becoming the first executive director of the Sports Leadership Institute at Adelphi University. As a feminist and social activist he has founded several outreach and mentoring programs, and regularly speaks at college campuses as a critic of gender roles, stating that the standard constructions of masculinity and femininity both limit men's emotions and overall well-being as well as contribute to "gendered violence" such as domestic violence, stalking, and rape. In this capacity he has testified before hearings of the United States House of Representatives.McPherson is currently a college football commentator for Big East football on regional sports cable network SportsNet New York.He is the younger brother of former NFL player and pastor Miles McPherson.
Q16967235 Wharton School Publishing (known colloquially as WSP) was a publishing house, a division of The Wharton School and Pearson, the world's largest education publishing and technology company. The imprint brought together a variety of business educators and corporate executives on a list that featured works in many formats, including print, audio, electronic documents, CD-ROM and video. The imprint released 35 to 40 peer-reviewed books a year in 11 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Authors published by Wharton School Publishing included Howard Moskowitz, Philip Kotler, Peter Drucker, C.K. Prahalad, Russell L. Ackoff, Jerry I. Porras, Henry Mintzberg and Kenichi Ohmae.The Wharton School's publishing partnership with Pearson ended in 2010. In 2011, The Wharton School launched its own book publishing imprint, Wharton Digital Press.
Q14875601 The Jemseg River Bridge is the name for two different structures currently crossing the Jemseg River in Jemseg, New Brunswick, Canada.The original Jemseg River Bridge (45.827536°N 66.115304°W / 45.827536; -66.115304) was constructed in the mid-1960s and carried the two-lane Route 2 (Trans-Canada Highway). A realignment of the highway opened in October 2001 and saw a new 950 m haunched girder bridge (45.829046°N 66.116238°W / 45.829046; -66.116238) constructed approximately 100 m upstream from the original. This new structure carries the four-lane Route 2 on a much broader span with considerably less approaching grade from the west.
Q5222242 Live at Wembley is a 1987 live album by Meat Loaf. It was recorded live at Wembley Arena in London March 1–2, 1987. Meat Loaf's brother-in-law Tom Edmonds co-produced and mixed the album, which featured arrangements by Meat Loaf, Steve Buslowe, and Bob Kulick. The touring continued mainly as a ploy to keep Meat Loaf in the public eye and out of bankruptcy.On this album one hears "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", being sung by both Meat and John Parr, although it is known that on what was the second day of performance at Wembley, Parr stormed off the stage after the song over him not being introduced for the second time by Meat as a guest performer.To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, anywhere that would have him, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late 1980s where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again. He even sold over 10,000 tickets at Ohio State. Leslie studied to be a travel agent so they could save on travel expenses and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman got to work on Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell which was released in 1993, seven years after Blind Before I Stop. The album was a huge success and is considered one of the greatest comebacks in music history.
Q5325326 Eagledale Park is a 7-acre (28,000 m2) park located in the neighborhood of Eagledale on Bainbridge Island in the state of Washington, U.S.. Like several other parks on Bainbridge Island, Eagledale Park comprises land that was once a military installation. Today the park features tennis courts, an off-leash dog park, a picnic shelter, a children's play area, a sand volleyball court and a pottery studio.In the 1950s the site was used as part of the Project Nike anti-aircraft missile system. The park occupies some of the highest ground on Bainbridge Island. On a clear day, Mount Rainier may be seen from the park. The park is located on Bainbridge Island at 5055 Rose Avenue N.E.
Q4972163 Broaddus Independent School District is a public school district based in Broaddus, Texas (USA). The district operates one high school, Broaddus High School.
Q543529 Lyndon Rush (born November 24, 1980) is a Canadian retired bobsledder who has competed since 2004. Rush took up bobsleigh after spending five years playing Canadian football for the University of Saskatchewan. He initially trained as a brakeman before switching to driving due to a hamstring injury.Rush won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He won the silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.Born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Rush made his first breakthroughs in Bobsleigh during the 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup winning the opening 4 man event in Park City, Utah. Lyndon Rush also finished 3rd at the 4-man event in Cesana, Italy all of which contributing to his current ranking of third in the 4-man event. Rush, together with Lascelles Brown managed a tie for the victory with André Lange at the 2-man event in St-Moritz, this was their first victory and podium in the 2-man.After his runs in both two-man and four-man bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Rush openly mused about retiring. Rush is a deeply religious and devoted family man and following the four-man bobsleigh run in Whistler in which he lost out on silver by 1/100th of a second. Rush said that "It makes me feel like I don't want to retire. I like racing bobsled. It's fun. But I think I might have to move on. I'm 29 years old. I'm not a kid. I can't go touring all over Europe all the time."He became partners with Jesse Lumsden at the beginning of the 2012 season and the duo won their first World Cup Gold medal together in the two-man event on February 3, 2012. It was Rush's second victory in two-man event and his eighth medal in his career on the World Cup circuit. Rush then built on his successes with Lumsden to win a silver medal at the 2012 World Championships. There, despite battling through a stomach virus on his last two runs, as he was in second through the first two runs, he was eventually overtaken by Steven Holcomb pushing him to the silver by 1/100th of a second. In 2013 the duo of Rush and Lumsden won the overall World Cup two-man bobsleigh title.Rush retired from the sport after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Since retiring he has taken up a role as assistant coach of WinSport Academy's bobsleigh programme, training developing bobsledders.Rush married Krista in 2003, and the couple have two daughters. Rush currently resides in Sylvan Lake, Alberta where he works as a real estate agent.
Q7775365 The Wizard in the Woods is a children’s fantasy book by Jean Ure and the first book of The Wizard trilogy. It was published in 1990.
Q3269055 The Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun (Arabic: اللیسیه الفرنسیة اللبنانیة - فردان‎), commonly known as the Lycée Verdun, is a prestigious French lycée located in the upscale Rue Verdun in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded in 1951 by the Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger, a French governmental organization which operates French lycées around the world.The school follows both the official French curriculum of study which prepares the students to take the French general baccalauréat, and the Lebanese curriculum which prepares students for the Lebanese baccalauréat.1999 marked the first year in which 12th grade students graduated from the school.The ADAL association (Association Des Anciens Du Lycée Verdun) formed in 2003, reunites all the Alumni Lycée students in gatherings at school and external recreational events to keep links between students old and new.
Q4941244 Bonchis munitalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bonchis. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863, and is known from Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Brazil and Venezuela. It is also found in the southern United States.
Q7288536 www.vedicscience.netRam Narain Arya (1936–2010) was a Vedic Rainmaker.Following Dayananda's revolutionary observations, the idea of rainmaking with the help of Yajna gained a momentum and found a new support at the hands of Arya Samaji scholars. A few of them even came forward who endeavoured to induce rain or to ward off the same, but their experiments couldn't yield fruitful results. Here in this regard, a particular mention may be made of Ram Narain Arya, M.A. After spending 35 years of study, research and experimentation, he came to a startling conclusion what he called the Vedic way to beat nature. Not only had he been able to induce rain successfully, he had been forming clouds, changing the flow of air in terms of direction and speed, stopping the falling rain and even modifying the weather conditions, from dry to wet, hot to cold and vice versa for the last 50 years. Actually, the rainmaker preserved his ideas and experiences, with regard to his experiments on weather modification like rainmaking, prevention of rain, modification into the direction and speed of airflow, modification into the other weather conditions, prevention of pollution and diseases in his daily diaries written by him from time to time. It is necessary to render hereunder the brief life-sketch and work of the rainmaker.
Q4812171 Asymphorodes spodogramma is a moth of the Agonoxenidae family. It was described by J.F.G. Clarke in 1986. It is found in French Polynesia.
Q13394271 Argyrotaenia tabulana, the jack pine tube moth or lodgepole needletier moth, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia.The wingspan is about 14–20 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October.The larvae feed on Picea glauca, Picea engelmannii, Pinus species (including Pinus albicaulis, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa), Pseudotsuga menziesii and Tsuga heterophylla.
Q24932106 Pere Laval R.C.A School (Ecole Père Laval RCA) is a primary school in Sainte-Croix, Port Louis District, Mauritius, Africa operated by the Le Diocèse de Port-Louis, a Catholic organization.
Q16137351 The Master of San Torpè (active c. 1290 – 1325) is an anonymous Tuscan painter, active around Pisa in Gothic style. Works attributed to this painter are found in Uffizi Gallery, Courtauld Gallery (St Julian), and Seattle Art Museum Kress Collection (Madonna and Child). His name derives from a work originally in the church of San Torpè, Pisa.
Q795163 Kronenbourg 1664 is a golden pale lager with an alcohol percentage of 5.00% ABV. It was first brewed in 1664 in the Alsace region of France by master brewer Geronimus Hatt. Kronenbourg 1664 is now produced in the UK by Heineken after being bought from Scottish & Newcastle. The French lager contains Strisselspalt hops, unique to the Alsace, which are used in its brewing process and give the beer its bitter and fragrant citrus taste.
Q68638 Grancy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
Q179439 Pionersky (Russian: Пионе́рский ; German: Neukuhren (pronunciation ); Polish: Kursze; Lithuanian: Kuršiai) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Baltic Sea on the Sambian Peninsula, between Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk. Population: 11,016 (2010 Census); 11,816 (2002 Census); 11,635 (1989 Census). In the town there are a Residence of the President of the Russian Federation "Yantar" and the only Federal Children's orthopedic sanatorium in Russia "Pionersk".
Q2183558 T3 (pronounced "T-three", "T-cubed", or "Terror to the third power") is an inverted roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. Previously named T2, the Suspended Looping Coaster model manufactured by Vekoma opened in 1995. The amusement park closed in 2010 due to financial difficulties, but later reopened under new ownership in 2014. The roller coaster was refurbished and renamed T3, which reopened to the public on July 3, 2015.
Q2484014 Route 36 is a short north–south state highway in southeastern Massachusetts.
Q6381742 The St. Louis Blues are an American professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team with five other teams. The Blues first played their home games at the St. Louis Arena until 1994; they play their home games at Enterprise Center, formerly the Scottrade Center and first named the Kiel Center. The franchise has had eleven general managers since their inception.
Q281912 Abikomae Station (我孫子前駅, Abikomae-eki) is a railway station in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway.
Q3053169 Emotions is the third album by the English rock group The Pretty Things, released in 1967.
Q6116873 Jackson's Dilemma is a novel by Iris Murdoch, published in 1995. It was Murdoch's last novel; she died four years later, on 8 February 1999.In her final years, Murdoch suffered from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, one of the symptoms of which is a reduced vocabulary and decreased word fluency. Researchers at University College London found in 2004 that the language used in Jackson's Dilemma is noticeably simpler than in her earlier works. They suggested that the novel - written in longhand, with few revisions and little room for editorial interference - offers a "unique opportunity" to study the effects of Alzheimer's on spontaneous writing, and hoped that their research could help to develop better diagnostic tests, capable of picking up on these subtle changes in cognitive ability.
Q4103545 Lake Varaždin (Croatian: Varaždinsko jezero) is a reservoir on the Drava in northern Croatia. It is administratively divided between Međimurje County and Varaždin County, bordered by the municipalities of Varaždin, Trnovec Bartolovečki and Čakovec. The Drava flows into the reservoir near the city of Varaždin, while the dam is located near the village of Šemovec.Lake Varaždin is one of three reservoirs built on the Drava in Croatia, the other two being the smaller Lake Ormož (which is located on the border with Slovenia) and the bigger Lake Dubrava. The three reservoirs and the power plants they serve form the Hydro North group of hydro power plants run by the HEP Group. It serves the Čakovec Hydro Power Plant, since the Varaždin Hydro Power Plant is served by Lake Ormož. The power plant was built in 1982.
Q6683467 Los tres García ("The Three Garcias") is a 1947 Mexican film. It stars Pedro Infante, Abel Salazar and Carlos Orellana. For the film's exterior shots, the Delegation or City of Cuajimalpa, Mexico, was used, specially Parroquia San Pedro Apostol, which still provides religious services. Pedro Infante fell in love with the town, the locals and countryside, to the point of building a large mansion just outside Cuajimalpa. He lived there until his death in 1957. The house stood there until the 1990s; it was later demolished and Husky Injection Molding Systems Mexico was constructed on the same site. The northwest exterior wall that surrounded Pedro's property still stands to this day.
Q5603677 Greenbank Football Club Inc is an amateur local football club located in the Logan West suburb of Greenbank, Queensland. It is affiliated with Football Brisbane, and as such competes in Football Brisbane sanctioned competitions. The home ground of the club is Barry White Field, Greenbank.It currently has approximately 280 players ranging from juniors to seniors and are the current (2011) champions in Men's Metro Three, Metro Six and Women's Division 7 competitions.
Q6625885 This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Edrom in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.
Q7924349 The Via6 Towers are a pair of 24-story apartment buildings in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Construction began in 2011 and the building topped out in June 2012. The complex opened February 2013 and includes 18,000 square feet of retail space at street level. The building was constructed to Leed Gold standards.
Q6607326 This is a list of bat species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.This list is not comprehensive, as not all bats have had their numbers quantified.
Q1283604 Rich Halley (born November 25, 1947 in Portland, Oregon) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. He has released 21 recordings as a leader. As Down Beat described him: “Oregon-based saxophonist Rich Halley has been turning out smart brawny music for a couple of decades”. All About Jazz called his music “a sublime balance of the cerebral and visceral”.
Q16037642 Captain Walter Howard Cooke (July 21, 1838 – January 28, 1909) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Cooke received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Bull Run in Virginia on 21 July 1861. He was honored with the award on 19 May 1887.
Q17512836 The Heersum Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

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