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Q1727347 The Canton of Saint-Savinien is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 11 communes, which joined the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély in 2015. Its postal codes were 17350, 17380 and... |
Q5626355 Górskie [ˈɡurskʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Wyszki, 21 km (13 mi) west of Bielsk Podlaski, and 36 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capital Białystok. ... |
Q3387642 Couvade is a term which was coined by anthropologist E. B. Tylor in 1865 to refer to certain rituals in several cultures that fathers adopt during pregnancy.Couvade can be traced to Ancient Egypt as a "sacred birth custom, of when a child is born, the man experiences the ritual of "labor" in which he takes to ... |
Q1740676 The Khost-Gardez Pass, frequently abbreviated as the K-G Pass, and known locally as the Seti-Kandow Pass, or the Satukandav Pass by Soviet forces, is the main land route connecting Khost, the capital of Khost Province, and Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, in eastern Afghanistan. The pass currently consi... |
Q1100447 Sinocyclocheilus luopingensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sinocyclocheilus. |
Q7937081 Viti FM is an iTaukei (Fijian) language - commercial radio station in Fiji. The station broadcasts on the 92 frequency to the cities of Suva, Navua, Nausori, Labasa, Savusavu, Nadi, Denarau, Mamanuca and Lautoka. The station also broadcasts on the 92 frequency to the towns of Coral Coast and Ba. The station b... |
Q5544072 George Roumain (born March 28, 1976) is an American volleyball player. He played for the United States national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. |
Q7332638 Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1918 American silent western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Mary Mersch, and William Scott. Based on the 1912 novel Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, the film is about a former Texas Ranger who goes after a group of Mormons who have abducted his m... |
Q7749056 The Lovers is a public art work by artist Mark di Suvero located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sculpture is an abstract form; it is installed on the lawn. |
Q13540420 Eois semirubra is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Guinea. |
Q14656243 On August 23, 2013, a prison riot broke out at Palmasola, a maximum-security prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The riot started when members of one cell block attacked a rival gang in another, using propane tanks as flame throwers. Thirty-one people were killed, including an 18-month-old child who was living at ... |
Q16218372 Bovi is a Nigerian comedian, actor, and writer from Delta State, Nigeria. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Bovi Man on Fire across the globe. |
Q17402917 Lieutenant-General (ret.) Syed Arif Hasan (born 11 Nov 1950) is a retired three-star rank general officer in the Pakistan Army and a Pakistani sports administrator. He is the current president of the Pakistan Olympic Association. He was also elected unopposed as the Vice President of the Olympic Council of As... |
Q23765937 John Breedon Everard (22 September 1844 – 12 September 1923) was an English civil engineer and architect strongly associated with works in Leicestershire, and co-founder of the firm Pick Everard. |
Q15395622 Chamaelaucium confertiflorum is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.The slender and erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.0 metre (1 to 3 ft). It blooms between October and December producing white flowers.Found in the Great Southern region of Western Australia where it... |
Q14426831 Alastor simillimus is a species of wasp in the Vespidae family. |
Q2418352 Route 8 is an important highway link between northern and southern New Brunswick, Canada. 261 kilometres (162 mi) long, it runs from Fredericton to Bathurst via Miramichi. |
Q7262558 Puxton Moor (grid reference ST412630) is a 31.07 ha (76.8 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the North Somerset Levels, near Puxton, North Somerset, notified in 1994. It is a large area of pasture land networked with species-rich rhynes, now owned and managed as a nature reserve by Avon W... |
Q14947575 Black on Black is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1982. |
Q4988259 Bulbophyllum jaapii is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was described botanically in 2001.The distribution and range of B. jaapii is extremely limited; confined entirely to the summit forests and ... |
Q5002078 Busta Voe, (HU665350), in the north central Mainland, lies between the village of Brae and the island of Muckle Roe. At the head of the voe is the Delting Marina and Boating Club.During the First World War Busta Voe was a Naval Anchorage of the 10th Cruiser Squadron which was tasked with the Northern Patrol he... |
Q18049294 Beta-defensin 118 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB118 gene. |
Q1064130 Aelurosaurus ("cat lizard", from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος "cat" and σαῦρος "lizard") is a small, carnivorous, extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Mid Permian to Late Permian of South Africa. It was discovered in the Karoo Basin of South Africa, and first named by Richard Owen in 1881. It was named ... |
Q5341565 Brigadier-General Edward Alfred Charles "Ned" Amy, DSO, CD (March 28, 1918 – February 2, 2011) was a Canadian soldier who fought in World War II. He is one of Canada's most decorated soldiers.He died on February 2, 2011, in the Camp Hill hospital, Halifax, aged 92. |
Q6390797 Kenneth Macfarlane Walker (June 6, 1882 - January 22, 1966) was a British author, philosopher and urological surgeon. |
Q897586 The Monarch class was a class of three coastal defence ships, built by Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. The Monarchs were the first ships of their type to utilize turrets. The class comprised three ships: SMS Monarch, SMS Wien, and SMS Budapest, each armed with four 240 mm (9 in) L/40 guns in two... |
Q427936 Fredrik Myrberg (born 14 October 1963) is a Swedish actor. He is brother to Olle Myrberg and son to Per Myrberg.Myrberg was educated at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting from which he graduated in 1991. Apart from playing parts in various TV productions he has had a stage career at independent the... |
Q7644879 The Supreme Court of Judicature of Belize is one of three tiers of courts in Belize, the lower ones being the Magistrate's Courts and the Court of Appeal. It is a court of original jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases as well as an appellate court. It is governed by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act... |
Q2373371 Mário Cravo Neto (Salvador, April 20, 1947 — Salvador, August 9, 2009) was a Brazilian photographer, sculptor and draughtsman. Mário Cravo, son of the sculptor Mário Cravo Júnior, is considered one of the most important photographers of Brazil. Since his early life, he was in contact with circle of artists an... |
Q4791545 Arjomand District (Persian: بخش ارجمند) is a district (bakhsh) in Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,380, in 2,309 families. The District has one city: Arjomand. The District has two rural districts (dehestan): Doboluk Rural District and Qazqanchay Rural Distric... |
Q6409111 Kim Matulova is an American fashion model and actress. She grew up in Sag Harbor, New York and was discovered by photographer Arthur Elgort at the age of 9. She starred in the James Toback NYC feature "Black & White" and the Nemo Librizzi film "A Night at the Opera." She has modeled for Levis, Banana Republic,... |
Q6419728 Klarinet is a town in the Greater city of eMalahleni (previously known as Witbank). The town lies within the Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is governed by the eMalahleni Local Municipality (eMalahleni is a Nguni name which means "a place of coal"). The city was re... |
Q6861959 Mimacraea neurata, the alciope acraea mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests. |
Q18344180 Methylovirgula is a Gram-negative, aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae. |
Q21999834 728C Naval Air Squadron (728C NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. |
Q18019492 Daniel Mitterdorfer (born July 25, 1989) is an Austrian professional ice hockey Defenseman currently playing for HC TWK Innsbruck in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He has previously played for EC Red Bull Salzburg and EHC Black Wings Linz. He participated with the Austrian national team at the 2015 IIHF W... |
Q2098895 Orealla (or Orealla Mission) is an Indigenous community in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of Guyana, on the Courantyne River, approximately 33 miles (53 km) south of Crabwood Creek and 11 miles (18 km) north of Epira, located at 5°17′50″N 57°20′50″W, altitude 11 metres. 15 miles (24 km) south-east on the ot... |
Q3411738 Peking Express is a 1951 Film-noir crime, thriller, action, adventure film made by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943) and the first film to be set in the newly emerged People's Republic of China (PRC). It was ... |
Q3171555 Jean Daret (1613–1668) was a Flemish artist. |
Q5281579 Discoclymeniinae is one of two subfamilies of the Posttornoceratidae family, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. |
Q1355527 Pavel Křížkovský (born as Karel Křížkovský) (January 9, 1820 - May 8, 1885) was a Czech choral composer and conductor.Křížkovský was born in Kreuzendorf, Opava District, Austrian Silesia. He was a chorister in a monastery in Opava when young, and studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Olomouc a... |
Q6473666 Lai Sun Development ("LSD") is a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange SEHK: 488 established in 1987 by the textiles magnate Lim Por-yen. His company, Lai Sun Garment, ("LSG") was founded in 1947, is also listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Lai Sun Garment is the controlling shareholder in ... |
Q155149 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (born March 10, 1976 in Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca) is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer. On December 7, 2009 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that Jiménez had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) after winning stage 6 of the 2009 Volta a Po... |
Q7928909 Jiang Ximing (Chinese: 江希明; 20 September 1913 – 1990), was a Chinese zoologist and politician. |
Q7042630 Nkosinathi Nhleko (born 14 September 1979 in Katlehong) is a South African football player currently with Thanda Royal Zulu. |
Q7787846 Thomas Brattle (June 20, 1658 – May 18, 1713) was an American merchant who served as treasurer of Harvard College and member of the Royal Society. He is known for his involvement in the Salem Witch Trials and the formation of the Brattle Street Church. |
Q7291561 Randall J. LeVeque is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at University of Washington who works in many fields including numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and mathematical theory of conservation laws. Among other contributions, he is lead developer of the open source software project Clawpack fo... |
Q7365528 Ronda de Sant Pere is a thoroughfare in central Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, one of the main roads in the lower side of Dreta de l'Eixample, part of the Eixample district. It runs from the Arc de Triomf, in Passeig de Lluís Companys, through Plaça Urquinaona towards Plaça de Catalunya, where the medieval city ... |
Q110559 Nico Bettge (born 15 May 1980) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed in C1 since the 1997. Since 2014 he has also competed in C2 together with David Schröder.Bettge won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 2006) and six silvers (C1: 2011; C1 team: 1999, 2005, 200... |
Q8047083 Yakima Brewing & Malting Co, also known as Grant's Brewery Pub, was a brewpub founded by Bert Grant in Yakima, Washington. With its opening in 1982, it was regarded as the first in the United States since Prohibition. The company produced beer independently or under a parent through 2004. |
Q5565141 Gitombo is a village in Komothai, Githunguri Constituency, Kiambu county in Kenya. It has an estimated population of 1,500 people most of who are 30 years old and above. |
Q13533098 Pelochyta acuta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1984. It is found in Ecuador. |
Q18345542 Mirror turtle ants (Cephalotes specularis) are a species of ant that mimic other, unrelated ants (Crematogaster ampla) in order to steal their food. |
Q22058719 The Saddle Store is a historic general store and gas station on the east side of Arkansas Highway 289 in the hamlet of Saddle in eastern Fulton County, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood frame vernacular structure with a gable roof, set parallel to and near the road. The south-facing main facade has a centere... |
Q29027692 Leuconitocris delecta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Charles Joseph Gahan in 1909. It is known from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Kenya, and Uganda. It contains the varietas Leuconitocris delecta var. nigr... |
Q14697082 Tmesisternus vagus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1865. |
Q23404 Anthropology is the scientific study of humans and human behavior and societies in the past and present. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour and cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences social life. Biologic... |
Q696865 The M3 Scout Car (known as the White Scout Car in British Commonwealth service) was an American-produced armored car. The original M3 Scout Car was produced in limited numbers, while the improved M3A1 Scout Car saw wide service during World War II and after. |
Q2004314 The Hidden is an American science fiction action-horror film produced and released in 1987 by New Line Cinema. The film was written by Bob Hunt (pen name of writer/producer/director Jim Kouf) and directed by Jack Sholder. The cast features Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri and includes supporting roles by Clu ... |
Q1925083 Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science (German: Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Naturwissenschaft) is a 1786 book by Immanuel Kant. |
Q7180438 Phanerochaete chrysorhizon is a species of fungus in the Polyporales order. It is a plant pathogen infecting plane trees. |
Q834322 Noviercas is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 218 inhabitants. |
Q7906092 V. Kopperapadu is a panchayat accredited village in Ballikurava mandal of Prakasam district which is in Andhra Pradesh of India. |
Q6565752 Canadian blues festivals range from small, community-based festivals that feature mostly local performers to major corporate-sponsored festivals that draw nationally and internationally prominent blues bands and huge crowds. Some of the large festivals include the Ottawa Bluesfest, Bluesfest Windsor, the Harv... |
Q3399577 Rixon is a village near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England.The village's transport links are currently provided by Damory Coaches, services 369 between Blandford Forum and Yeovil, and 309 between Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury. |
Q4592897 The 1997 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled a 10–2 record (7–1 against ... |
Q5722578 Henry Harding Bingley (1887–1972) was a painter in washed oils and watercolour during the early 20th Century. |
Q26261744 A Court of Common Pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, which was created to permit individuals to press civil grievances against one another without involving the King. |
Q86409 Johanna Doderer (born 18 September 1969 in Bregenz) is an Austrian composer. |
Q4565575 The 1945 New Zealand rugby league season was the 38th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. |
Q15691762 The 2014 WTA Finals was a women's tennis tournament in Singapore from October 17 to October 26, 2014, and was the 44th edition of the singles event and the 39th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and contested by eight singles players and eight doubles... |
Q17198806 Christine Elizabeth Townend (born 1944) is an Australian animal rights activist, artist and author.Born in Melbourne, Townend grew up in Sydney's lower North Shore. Townend had her first novel published by Macmillan in 1974. It was described as a precursor to Australian feminist literature and has recently be... |
Q17182191 The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (S. 1681; Pub.L. 113–126) is a U.S. public law that authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for intelligence activities of the U.S. government. The law authorizes there to be funding for intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agenc... |
Q17508158 Invencible is the second studio album by Argentine post-hardcore band Deny which was released on July 12, 2014 through Pinhead Records. It will be available worldwide on iTunes and as CD. |
Q5791097 La Colorada is a corregimiento in Los Santos District, Los Santos Province, Panama with a population of 1,030 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 987; its population as of 2000 was 1,010. |
Q652030 Orlando Melbourne International Airport (IATA: MLB, ICAO: KMLB, FAA LID: MLB) is a public airport 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of downtown Melbourne, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, and 55 miles southeast of Orlando Florida. On central Florida's Space Coast, the airport is reached by NASA Boulevard (... |
Q1106985 La Côte-d'Aime is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of La Plagne-Tarentaise.It lies in the heart of the Tarentaise valley. |
Q1385709 A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves). The two classes ... |
Q7192390 Pierre Osho (born May 5, 1945) is a Beninese politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin from April 1996 to May 1998, then Minister of Defense from May 1998 to January 2006, when he resigned.Osho submitted his resignation to President Mathieu Kérékou on January 11, 2006, and was succeeded as De... |
Q546482 Thug Brothers is a collaborative studio album by the rappers Layzie Bone (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) and Young Noble (Outlawz), released in the United States on February 7, 2006, on Real Talk Entertainment. |
Q4545982 The 100-Series Highways are a series of arterial highways in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.A 100-series highway is a designation applied to a highway that can be a controlled-access expressway, Super-2, or fully divided freeway. The designation can also be applied in some cases to sections of uncontrol... |
Q4201733 The Institute of Socio-Political Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPR RAS) – is a leading Russian academic research center. It is engaged in a fundamental and applied research of social and socio-political processes.It was established in 1991 in Moscow.The basic areas and directions of the sci... |
Q5040559 Carl Monroe (February 20, 1960 – April 26, 1989) was a professional American football player who played running back for the San Francisco 49ers from 1983 to 1987. Monroe's career highlight came during Super Bowl XIX versus the Miami Dolphins when he caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Joe Montana. He died in... |
Q5205644 The DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit is a proprietary set of program transformation tools available for automating custom source program analysis, modification, translation or generation of software systems for arbitrary mixtures of source languages for large scale software systems.DMS has been used to imple... |
Q3596396 .MDX is a binary file format for storing 3D models, engineered and used by Blizzard Entertainment in its games. Several variations exist. The document focuses on the format used in Warcraft III and its expansion pack The Frozen Throne. The format also has a human readable textual representation that uses the e... |
Q7489677 Princess Sharifa Ismail (1 January 1942 - 20 June 1964) was a member of Maldivian Royal Family. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Ismail Ali (Kokkoge Ismail) and Princess Aiminath Mohamed Didi (kaanlo) Both descendants of Dhiyamigili Dynasty. |
Q7931636 Vincent is an unincorporated community located in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. Its Post Office is still open.It was a stop on the Eastern Kentucky Railway. |
Q3194781 Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (quinone) (EC 1.3.5.2, dihydroorotate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, (S)-dihydroorotate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase, (S)-dihydroorotate:acceptor oxidoreductase, DHOdehase (ambiguous), DHOD (ambiguous), DHODase (ambiguous), DHODH) is an enzyme with systematic name (S)-dihydroorotate:quino... |
Q5712202 Bab Goruiyeh (Persian: باب گروييه, also Romanized as Bāb Gorūīyeh; also known as Bāb Gorūh) is a village in Hoseynabad-e Goruh Rural District, Rayen District, Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21, in 7 families. |
Q1488006 1985–86 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 80th water polo championship in Hungary. There were fourteen teams who played two round match for the title. |
Q18389253 Ed Bereal (born 1937) is an American artist best known for his work in assemblage and for his participation in exhibitions and performances that addressed political issues and racial stereotypes from the 1960s onward. In 1961, his work was included in the controversial exhibition War Babies at the Huysman Gal... |
Q14718088 Schoenobius endochralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Argentina.The wingspan is 36 mm. The forewings are pale rufous. The hindwings are whitish, tinged with rufous. There is a fine brown terminal line. |
Q20963746 The 1999 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 20th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. GD Amarantes won their first and only title. Sporting Clube da Praia would be the only time that a non-winning t... |
Q30669886 Sandile is a South African name that may refer toMgolombane Sandile (1820–1878), South African ChiefSandile Decoration in Ciskei, South AfricaSandile Medal in Ciskei, South AfricaEmma Sandile (1842-1892), South African land owner, daughter of MgolombaneMaxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile (1955–2011), South African ro... |
Q37469760 Greenberger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Daniel Greenberger (born 1932), American physicistDavid Greenberger (born 1954), American artist, writer and radio commentatorMarcia Greenberger, American lawyerRobert Greenberger (born 1958), American writer |
Q7082713 Oku (邑久郡, Oku-gun) was a district located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 39,365 and a density of 313.64 persons per km². The total area was 125.51 km². |
Q3846608 John Van Nest Talmage (18 August 1819 – 19 August 1892), was a Protestant Christian missionary to Amoy, Fujian, China. He was sent by the Reformed Church in America from 1847 to 1890. |
Q327467 Hannes Keller (born 20 September 1934 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a Swiss physicist, mathematician, deep diving pioneer, and entrepreneur. In 1962, he reached a depth of 1,000 feet (300 m) in open ocean.In the 1970s through the 1980s, Keller made himself a name as an entrepreneur in the IT industry. Keller i... |
Q6541568 Liberty magazine may refer to: Liberty (1881–1908), a political magazine published from 1881 to 1908 by Benjamin TuckerLiberty (general interest magazine), published from 1924 to 1950Liberty (libertarian magazine), published from 1987 to 2010, transitioned to online-only starting in 2011Liberty (Adventist maga... |
Q5213638 Aluf Dan Harel (Hebrew: דן הראל; born 1955) is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Harel is currently serving as the Director General of the Ministry of Defense. |
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