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Q20707322 The Adler House is a historic house located at 292 Boswell Street in Batesville, Arkansas.
Q21862912 Aufrica de Connoght, also known as Affrica de Counnought, Affreca de Counnoght, Auffricia de Connaught, and Aufrica de Cunnoght, was a fourteenth-century woman who claimed to be an heiress of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles, and who had some sort of connection with Simon de Montagu.
Q13572987 Gangkou (Chinese: 港口镇; pinyin: Gǎngkǒu zhèn; Jyutping: gong2hau2 zan3) is a town under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhongshan, in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong province, China, and is located to the north of downtown Zhongshan.
Q28925540 The Battle of Tug Argan was fought between forces of the British Empire and Italy from 11–15 August 1940 in the arid heart of British Somaliland (later the independent and renamed Somalia). The struggle determined the outcome of the Italian invasion of the territory, and was thus a pivotal engagement in the l...
Q7953494 WNLO, virtual channel 23 (UHF digital channel 32), is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Buffalo, New York, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WIVB-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Elmwood Avenue in North Buffalo and ...
Q41859 The MG ZT is an automobile which was produced by MG Rover from 2001 to 2005. It was offered in saloon and estate versions, the latter designated as the MG ZT-T. Styling is similar to the Rover 75, upon which it was based, although various modifications, most noticeably the wheels and tyres, make for a far sporti...
Q1572236 Louis Frederik Vinding Kruse (1880–1963) was a Danish jurist. From 1914 to 1950 he was a professor at the school formerly known as Rets- og Statsvidenskabelige Fakultet (Jurisprudence and Political Science Faculty) (today known as the Juridiske Fakultet, or Legal Faculty) of the University of Copenhagen.
Q6174457 Jeff Mayweather (born July 4, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1997, and held the IBO super featherweight title from 1994 to 1995. He has since worked as a boxing and mixed martial arts trainer.
Q16918928 The Résidence Palace - International Press Center (IPC) is a facility, hub and venue for international journalists located in Brussels, Belgium. The IPC was founded on an initiative by the Belgian Federal Government to improve its media capabilities. It is an autonomous service of the General-Directorate for...
Q505290 Rifaat "Jimmy" Turk (Arabic: رفعت ترك‎; Hebrew: רפעת טורק‎, born 16 September 1954), Israeli Arab former football player, and manager and a former deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. Turk was the first Arab to play for the Israel national team and to represent the country at the Olympic Games.
Q4837609 Babcary Meadows (grid reference ST567293) is a 13.6 hectares (34 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Babcary in Somerset, notified in 1988.Babcary Meadows is one of the last remaining areas of traditionally managed unimproved neutral grassland in south Somerset and contains a rich va...
Q4929481 Fort Blue Mounds, also known as Blue Mounds Fort, was located in Blue Mounds, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
Q3319761 Momirasso is a village in northern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Ferkessédougou, Ferkessédougou Department, Tchologo Region, Savanes District.Momirasso was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.
Q2050199 The Dutch Open is amongst the longest running darts tournaments having started back in 1973. The popularity of darts in the Netherlands since Raymond van Barneveld began amassing world titles has seen the number of entries for the tournament rise dramatically. The 2007 event had 2867 entries in the Men’s Sing...
Q861824 Colonnata is an Italian ancient village and a hamlet (frazione) of the comune of Carrara, (Massa-Carrara, Tuscany). It is situated in the Apuan Alps, and is known worldwide for the pork fat delicacy Lardo di Colonnata, and for its marble quarries.
Q3875188 New Brooms is a 1925 American silent film romantic comedy, directed by William C. deMille, and starring Bessie Love, Neil Hamilton, and Phyllis Haver. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on Frank Craven's 1924 Broadway play of the same name.The film is pr...
Q5051040 Cat Johnson is a published romance author.
Q13992348 Palpita pandurata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Inoue in 1996. It is found in Indonesia (Java).
Q20807482 Billy Evans (born 19 October 1996) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).Evans played for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup and represented Victoria Country at the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships. He attended Catholic ...
Q24285767 John Maitland "Jack" Grahame (30 November 1933 – 2013) was an Australian lawyer.He was born in Gosford to William Calman Grahame, a former New South Wales agriculture minister, and Myra Campbell. He studied at Gosford High School and the University of Sydney, gaining a law degree and qualifying as a solicitor...
Q27735078 Liam Polwart (born 2 April 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a hooker for Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and for the Chiefs in the international Super Rugby competition.
Q27947750 Sachithra Perera (born 31 March 1992) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Lankan Cricket Club in the 2011–12 Premier Trophy on 20 January 2012.
Q41247301 Dennis Lau (born 9 September 1985) is an award-winning Malaysian Chinese electric violinist, pianist, songwriter and producer that is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Q5971621 Laura Daners Chao (1 February 1967 – 17 September 2010) was an Uruguayan television presenter and journalist.Daners was a very successful synchronized swimmer and competed for Uruguay at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. She started her journalistic career at Canal 5. She then became known to a wide...
Q379193 The International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 with the purpose of promoting and studying the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games. The majority of recent books on the Olympic Games have been written by ISOH members. The ISOH publishes the Journal of Olympi...
Q134102 The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), sometimes shortened to the Francophonie (French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni]), but also called International Organisation of the Francophonie in English language context, is an international organization representing countries and regions where Frenc...
Q875773 Kwun Tong (Chinese: 觀塘區; Cantonese Yale: Gūntòhng kēui) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon. It had a population of 648,541 in 2016. The district has the second highest population in Hong Kong, after Sha Tin District, while the income is below average. Kwun Tong District borders Sa...
Q3147593 IceRocket was an Internet search engine which specialized in real-time search. Based in Dallas, Texas, it launched in 2004 hoping to market itself solely through word of mouth.IceRocket was backed by Mark Cuban and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The company has received angel funding from Mr. Cuban.
Q863974 A lake island is any landmass within a lake. It is a type of inland island. Lake islands may form a lake archipelago.
Q7952427 WLPW (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lake Placid, New York, United States. Established in 1979, the station is owned by Radio Lake Placid, Inc. As of June 2017, the station is silent.WLPW formerly broadcast a classic rock format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with WRGR (102.1 FM) in...
Q1786846 Caiçara is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Q4759653 Andrzej Lubieniecki (1521–1623) was a Polish historian and priest, member of the Polish Brethren.His major work was the Poloneutichia albo Polskiego Królestwa Szczęście.
Q3081533 Francis Lalanne (born Francis-José Lalanne on 8 August 1958 in Bayonne) is a French-Uruguayan singer, songwriter and poet. He is the brother of composer Jean-Félix Lalanne and film director René Manzor.
Q3180876 John Alexander is a British director of television drama who grew up in the East Durham Coal Field and joined the BBC as a post graduate factual trainee. He produced a number of documentaries for the BBC, including Forty Minutes and Modern Times, before directing drama. His drama works include Quirke, The 7.39...
Q5208262 Daengbyeot is a 1985 South Korean drama film directed by and starring Hah Myung-joong. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.
Q7646205 Surgical Innovation is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Surgery. The journal's editors are Adrian E. Park, MD, FRCS (Dalhousie University) and Lee Swanstrom, MD (Legacy Health System). It has been in publication since 1994 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Q4806830 Asiapistosia subnigra is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Leech in 1899. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangdong).
Q13465364 Chloroclystis nereis is a moth in the Geometridae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. It is endemic to New Zealand. The habitat consists of mountainous areas.The wings are dusky grey with numerous black and dull white wavy transverse lines. Adults are on wing in January and February.The larvae...
Q14291984 Michael Bowie (born September 25, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Bowie played college football for Northeastern State.
Q13470047 Clinidium cavicolle is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae. It was described by Chevrolat in 1873.
Q16089667 Haldane Sinclair "Hal" Holman (29 August 1922 – 20 June 2016) was an Australian sculptor, artist, and designer.
Q18204453 The Order of the Solomon Islands is an Order of Merit of the Solomon Islands. It was established under Royal Warrant in 1981 and amended on 5 October 1982. It is composed of three grades:Star of Solomon Islands (SSI)Cross of the Solomon Islands (CSI)Solomon Islands Medal (SIM)This order is awarded to civilian...
Q27664784 This is presenting a complete list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Dhaka Metropolis in first-class, List A or Twenty20 matches since the team was formed ahead of the 1999–2000 season for the first National Cricket League (NCL) competition. Complying with other club lists, details are t...
Q27049143 Luke Cooper (born 28 July 1994) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second row forward for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.
Q467498 Mangalia (Romanian pronunciation: [maŋˈɡali.a], Turkish: Mankalya, ancient Callatis (Greek: Κάλλατις/Καλλατίς; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara) is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Romania.The municipality of Mangalia also administers...
Q929649 Union is the thirteenth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released on 30 April 1991 by Arista Records. Production began following the amalgamation of two bands featuring current and previous members of Yes at the time: Yes (known by fans as Yes-West), consisting of Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, T...
Q6415593 Kirkby Moor is a poorly defined moorland area in southern Cumbria, England, named after the village of Kirkby-in-Furness, but stretching both sides of the A5092 road, and thus spanning the border of the Lake District National Park. The highest area, to the south of the road, and therefore outside the national ...
Q1942432 This page details the process of the 1998 African Cup of Nations Qualification phase. Burkina Faso, as hosts, and South Africa, as title holders, qualified automatically.
Q3498905 Stephen John Devine (born 12 December 1976) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a former All Black and currently co-hosts a programme on New Zealand Sky TV called This Given Sunday, along with Karl Te Nana. He played for Australia Under-21 before relocating to New Zealand. A loyal servant of Aucklan...
Q2869432 The Atlas H-10 was the prototype for a four-seat cabin monoplane aircraft, registered N37463, designed by Max Harlow, which was flown in the United States shortly after World War II.
Q503399 Paul James is an American actor, best known for his role of Calvin on the ABC Family television show Greek. James also starred in the movie The Architect. James graduated from Syracuse University in 2003 with a BA degree in Theatre. He also starred as Sean Egan on the Hulu TV series The Path.
Q5115774 "Chuck Versus the DeLorean" is the tenth episode of Chuck's second season, and aired on December 8, 2008. Sarah's con artist father (Gary Cole) appears, and Chuck and Casey are ordered to use his latest scam to pursue a Saudi sheik with terrorist connections.
Q5362283 Wahei Tatematsu (立松 和平, Tatematsu Wahei, December 15, 1947 – February 8, 2010) was a Japanese novelist. He wrote several novels including Enrai and Dogen-Zenji, about the devout Buddhist who founded the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism in 1227.He was also known for his environmental work. In 1995 he founded the Ashio...
Q5096505 Chicoreus bourguignati is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Q5353662 Elba Lightfoot (born 1910) was an African-American artist known for her work on the WPA murals at Harlem Hospital.She was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1935, together with Charles Alston, Augusta Savage (who had experienced discrimination in her artistic career), others artists and bibliophile Arthur Schombur...
Q1669621 The Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg is an award-winning mixed choir in Hamburg, the chamber choir of the University of Hamburg since 1961. Founded in 1955 by Jürgen Jürgens and directed by him until 1994, it is one of Germany's most famous concert choirs. The choir is well known for its interpretations of Baroque and ...
Q6625289 This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1983. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Q3571077 Xuân Quỳnh (6 October 1942 – 29 August 1988) is Vietnam's most famous modern female poet. She and her husband Lưu Quang Vũ and their 12-year-old son Lưu Quỳnh Thơ died in a car accident in Hải Dương city on 29 August 1988.
Q71505 Ludwig Lange (22 March 1808, Darmstadt - 31 March 1868, Munich) was a German architect and landscape designer.
Q17388691 Roman Valerevich Seleznev (or Seleznyov, Russian: Роман Валерьевич Селезнёв, born 1984), also known by his hacker name Track2, is a Russian computer hacker. Seleznev was indicted in Washington in 2011, and was convicted of hacking into servers to steal credit-card data. His activities are estimated to have ca...
Q20641180 Percy Clifford Mills (10 January 1909 – 1967) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County where he made over 400 appearances. He was the grandfather of Nigel Pearson.
Q25058095 Osam-bulgogi is a Korean dish made from squid (ojingeo in Korean) and pork belly (samgyeopsal in Korean), marinated in a blend of seasonings. The mixture is cooked over a grill with an assortment of vegetables and mushrooms. The squid taste complements the tender fatback, and the dish is known for its texture...
Q28155332 Lycée René Cassin is a senior high school in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. It was named after French lawyer René Cassin.
Q12058804 Thalassiosira is a genus of diatoms. It is the type genus of the family Thalassiosiraceae.The species Thalassiosira pseudonana was chosen as the first eukaryotic marine phytoplankton for whole genome sequencing. T. pseudonana was selected for this study because it is a model for diatom physiology studies, bel...
Q714041 Chin Peng (Chinese: 陳平; pinyin: Chén Píng; Jyutping: Can4 Ping4), former OBE, (21 October 1924 – 16 September 2013) born Ong Boon Hua (Chinese: 王文華; pinyin: Wáng Wénhuá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Bûn-hôa) was a Malayan communist politician who was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). A determined anti...
Q7610117 William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (c.1304 – 31 October 1354) and Lord High Admiral, was the younger son of John de Clinton, 1st Baron Clinton (d.1312/13) of Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire, and Ida De Odingsells who was the granddaughter of Ida II Longespee. The surname Clinton came from the lordship o...
Q874156 Saint Leopold's Church (German: Kirche zum Heiligen Leopold, "Donaufelder Kirche") is the Roman Catholic parish church of Donaufeld in Floridsdorf, the 21st district of Vienna, Austria.Located at Kinzerplatz, it stands at a height of 96 m (315 feet), which makes it the third tallest church in Vienna. Constructi...
Q4700704 Akhbar Al Khaleej (in Arabic أخبار الخليج meaning The Gulf News) is a Bahraini pro-government daily with an Arab nationalist slant. It is affiliated to the Prime Minister of Bahrain as well as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. It is the sister paper of the English language daily, Gulf Daily News.
Q3344473 Notes from a Ceiling is the second album from the Australian two-piece rock band The Mess Hall, which was issued on 20 June 2005. It peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart.It won an ARIA Music Award for Engineer of the Year for Matt Lovell, and a nomination for Producer of the Year for Chris Joann...
Q6744899 Malthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of The Coopers Malthouse building in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct. In the 1980s it was known as the Playbox Theatre Company and was housed in the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne.
Q1751587 Second-seeded James Anderson defeated Gerald Patterson 11–9, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1925 Australasian Championships.
Q8042437 Louis Michael "Lou" Martin (12 August 1949 – 17 August 2012) was a piano and organ player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, most famous for his work with the London-based band Killing Floor, and with fellow Irish musician Rory Gallagher.
Q3478792 Sentinel Rock is a granitic peak in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It towers over Yosemite Valley, opposite Yosemite Falls. Sentinel Rock lies 0.7 miles (1.1 km) northwest of Sentinel Dome.
Q18036408 Three prime repair exonuclease 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TREX2 gene.This gene encodes a protein with 3' exonuclease activity. Enzymes with this activity are involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Similarity to an E. coli protein suggests that this enzyme may be a subunit...
Q18032018 Tetraspanin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TSPAN4 gene.The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the transmembrane 4 superfamily, also known as the tetraspanin family. Most of these members are cell-surface proteins that are characterized by the presence of four hydrophobic domains. The...
Q7243268 Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is an inviolate sanctuary expressly for migratory birds, located east of Milton, Delaware, United States. It was established in 1963 on 10,000 acres (40 km2) along the western shore of Delaware Bay. The refuge contains a variety of habitats, including freshwater and salt mar...
Q1809699 Svébohov (German: Schwillbogen) is a village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of Moravia in the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of 6.14 square kilometres (2.37 sq mi), and has a population of 442 (as at 28 August 2006).Svébohov is about 11 km (7 mi) southwest of ...
Q7593975 St Leonard's ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It is located in the South West of the borough and shares a border with Wandsworth. The ward comprises the western part of the Streatham town centre and is mostly to the west of the A23 Streatham High Road with t...
Q3574358 Ansó Aragonese is a variety of Western Aragonese spoken in Ansó Valley, included Ansó, Biniés and Fago.
Q5024716 Calyptra ophideroides is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in East Indies. It has been known to feed on humans, as well as a variety of other mammals.
Q7848115 Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator is a book by Ryan Holiday. The book chronicles Holiday's time working as a media strategist for clients including authors Tucker Max and Robert Greene as well as American Apparel founder Dov Charney.
Q27630359 The Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's PT2 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place at 10:03 on 11 September 2016 at Fort Copacabana.
Q27916099 Karen Leeder (1962) is a writer, translator and leading British scholar of German culture. She is professor of Modern German Literature in the University of Oxford and from 2016-2017 Associate Head of the Humanities Division, University of Oxford. In 2017 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Q28416785 The Yide Mansion (Chinese: 林懋陽故居; pinyin: Lín Màoyáng Gùjū) is a former residence in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan.
Q125551 Parmenides of Elea (; Greek: Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης; fl. late sixth or early fifth century BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia (Greater Greece, which included Southern Italy). Parmenides has been considered the founder of metaphysics or ontology and has influenced the whole history...
Q5918874 Howard is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 798 at the 2010 census, up from 648 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Albertville and Howard are located in the town.
Q2279663 Roosky, Ruskey, or Rooskey (Irish: Rúscaigh, meaning "swamp" or "bog") is a village on the River Shannon in the northern midlands of Ireland, near the point where counties Leitrim, Longford, and Roscommon meet. The N4 road from Dublin to Sligo passes by the Leitrim side of the village.
Q15516663 Jeffrey B. Fager (born December 10, 1954) is an American television producer who was the former chairman of CBS News and former executive producer of 60 Minutes, the hour-long CBS news magazine created in 1968.
Q5484460 This is a list of list of Franco-Belgian comic magazines. Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines.In the early years of its history, magazines had a large place on the comics market and were often the only place where c...
Q7970472 Warren Sawkiw (born January 19, 1968) is a Canadian former professional baseball player and broadcaster. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sawkiw played minor league baseball from 1990 to 1997. He started his career with class A Niagara Falls Rapids. He advanced as far as Triple A Syracuse Chiefs in 1995 before fini...
Q14707066 New Paltz Central High School is situated in the town of New Paltz in upstate New York, on South Putt Corners Road. It serves students in grades 9-12 from the New Paltz Central School District, which serves most of New Paltz and Gardiner, New York, as well as parts of several other towns adjacent.
Q1200005 Derek Brownlee (born 10 August 1974) is a Scottish accountant and politician, who is a former Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region 2005–2011.
Q7299088 Raymond Richard Wright (December 5, 1945 – September 24, 1999) was a United States Army soldier from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Q16900731 Stoke-on-Trent College is a provider of further and higher education based in Stoke-on-Trent. The college's main campus, known as Cauldon Campus, is in Shelton and it has a second campus in Burslem.Stoke-on-Trent college is part of UniQ, the university quarter. A collaborative project with Staffordshire Univ...
Q140205 The Grand Ouest Airport, or Aéroport du Grand Ouest Project was a project for a new airport, to be situated 30 km (20 mi) to the north-west of the French city of Nantes in the commune of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. It was intended for the new airport to replace Nantes Atlantique Airport as the airport for Nantes, bu...
Q7131399 Korabari is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,600 people living in 891 individual households.
Q6848131 Michael Joseph "Mike" Mulkay (born 1936) is a retired British sociologist of science.
Q3537219 Acalypha fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. It occurs widely in East and southern Africa where it is eaten as a vegetable. It is also an important browse plant for sheep. In East Africa and southern Africa it is used as a medicinal plant. In northern Kenya arrow sh...
Q5086112 Bayfront Health Punta Gorda, formerly known as Charlotte Regional Medical Center, is a 208 bed for-profit hospital in Punta Gorda, Florida, operated by Community Health Systems. It was the first hospital in Charlotte County, and the hospital first opened its doors on August 17, 1947 as Charlotte Hospital. The ...
Q16745103 "Interpretive Dance" is the 14th episode of the first season of the American comedy television series Community. It aired in the United States on NBC on January 21, 2010. It focuses on secrets that members of the study group are keeping from each other.