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Q314452 New Corella, officially the Municipality of New Corella, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Davao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 54,844 people.
Q3418277 Ralph Leonhardt (born October 14, 1967) is a former East German/German nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.Leonhardt's best individual finish was 2nd in Austria in 1992.
Q7550487 The Social Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Social Conservador - PSC) is a right-wing conservative Nicaraguan political party founded by its leader Fernando Agüero in 1988. The PSC received legal status in 1989 and participated in the 1990 elections as an independent party. Fernando Agüero was the conservative presidential candidate of the 1966 National Opposition Union (UNO) against the Somoza regime. In a UNO political rally in support of the candidacy of Agüero in Managua on January 22, 1967, the National Guard killed hundreds of oppositors.Four years later, in 1971, Agüero signed the "Kupia-Kumi (Miskitu; translates as "One Heart") Pact" with Somoza whereby the Conservatives had their congressional quota increased to 40 per cent, a constituent assembly was established, and a triumvirate composed of Agüero and two Somocistas designated to rule until the end of 1974.Before the 2006 elections, the party joined the Alliance for the Republic and then the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance.
Q2035933 Five O'Clock Heroes are a new wave influenced indie rock band currently based in New York City. Lead singer Antony Ellis is originally from Northampton in the UK. They first formed in 2003 and to date have released five singles and three albums, Bend to the Breaks, Speak Your Language, and Different Times.Their name comes from The Jam's song "Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero?", which appeared on their album The Gift of 1982.The band cite the likes of Elvis Costello, The Police, Joe Jackson and Dexys Midnight Runners as major influences, and have made a name for themselves, particularly in the UK, through charismatic and energetic live performances. Support slots with The Rakes, Brendan Benson, The Bravery, The Paddingtons, Jet and Albert Hammond Jr. have ensured their music has reached a considerable audience.Signed in the UK to their own label Glaze Records and in Europe and Japan to PIAS, the band have received critical acclaim from the likes of NME, Drowned In Sound and musicOMH.com.
Q5924138 Hsawlaw Township (Burmese: ဆော့လောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The principal town is Hsawlaw.
Q7864208 UCrime.com is a web site which maps crimes on university campuses. It is based in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the sister site of SpotCrime.com, which maps crime in cities throughout the world.UCrime focuses on crime at universities. It uses location-based GIS maps to monitor crimes on college campuses and provide crime maps on campuses such as UC-Berkeley, The University of Texas, and The University of Maryland, College Park.
Q1068491 Tara Duncan (full name Tara'tylanhnem T'al Barmi Ab Santa Ab Maru T'al Duncan) is the heroine of a series of bestselling novels in French written by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian.Tara is blonde with navy blue eyes, white wick as her ancestors and extraordinary powers (because she was genetically modified by a crazy dragon). She has a rebellious spirit and a great need for freedom, as well as a tempestuous personality, which she makes it known quickly by charring those who are the object of her wrath.Tara Duncan discovers that she is a powerful "spellbinder," possessing magic powers. She was raised on Earth as an ordinary teenager by her grandmother and initially knew nothing of magic. Her adventures begin when she is 12 and take her to the planet Other World and beyond. Magic is present in those worlds, as are evil wizards, giants, "vampyrs," dwarves, elves, sirens, and two-headed business administrators.Tara's companions in her adventures include her fellow Earthling Fabrice and the friends she makes on OtherWorld: a half-elf called Robin M'angil, the licensed thief in training Caliban Dal Salan, a shapeshifting princess Gloria Daavil nicknamed "Sparrow", and a short-tempered but warm-hearted female dwarf named Fafnir.Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian, who is also the author of other series, has so far written thirteen main Tara Duncan volumes in French. William Rodarmor has translated two of her books into English. The English translation by William Rodarmor of Volume 1, Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders, was published by Sky Pony Press in June 2012. Volume 2, Tara Duncan and the Forbidden Book, was published in January 2013. An animated series that premiered in France in 2010 aired in the U.S. on the "Girls Rule" division of Kabillion. Some of the books have also been translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian and Romanian.
Q4972982 Broderipia subiridescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Q6594760 List of Presidents of the First Chamber of the Estates of Württemberg
Q4545151 A bailar! is the second album of Spanish group Banghra after the success of their debut album La danza del vientre. Two singles were released from the album: "Una especie en extincion" and "Unidos".
Q7607260 Stellognatha is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Q7052918 Norman James "Norm" Waugh (10 May 1874 – 6 August 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In the first year of competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Waugh made his debut against Geelong in Round 1 of the season, at Corio Oval. Waugh was also Essendon's first ever leading goalkicker in a VFL season. His 23 goals was the third highest in the League, behind Jack Leith of North Melbourne (26), and Eddy James of Geelong (27).He was the youngest son of Dr James S. Waugh, the first president of Wesley College. After retiring from football he entered the insurance industry and became the chief executive officer of the National Mutual Company in South Africa. He died in Johannesburg in 1934, aged 60.
Q7264722 Péter Zoltán Szilágyi (born January 6, 1981) is a Hungarian jurist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List between 2010 and 2014.He finished his secondary studies in the Calvinist College of Sárospatak and the Pent Valley Technology College in Folkestone, United Kingdom. He graduated as a jurist from the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in 2005. He is a founding member of the LMP since Spring 2009. He was elected as Member of Parliament from the party's National List in the 2010 parliamentary election. He was appointed one of the recorders of the National Assembly on May 14, 2010. He had been a member of the Committee on Immunity, Incompatibility and Mandate since May 14, 2010 and Committee on Local Government and Regional Development since November 2, 2010.In January 2013, the LMP's congress rejected against the electoral cooperation with other opposition forces, including Together 2014. As a result members of LMP’s “Dialogue for Hungary” platform, including Szilágyi, announced their decision to leave the opposition party and form a new organization. Benedek Jávor said he eight MPs leaving LMP would keep their parliamentary mandates. The leaving MPs established Dialogue for Hungary as a full-fledged party.
Q15627154 Albert Hartshorne (15 November 1839 – 8 December 1910) was an English archaeologist.
Q17651502 The ZEC de la Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) in the unorganized territory of the Mont-Valin, in Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada.
Q3697977 The 1998 Croatian Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on Carpet courts in Split, Croatia, that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the only edition of the tournament and was held 2–9 February 1998.
Q18764003 Taylor Decker (born August 23, 1993) is an American football offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State.
Q2040282 Otto Reislant (31 May 1883 – 28 January 1968) was a German international footballer.
Q7279208 Rachel Cronin (born September 29, 1971) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Shirley Pifko on the NBC television series Ed.Cronin's father was Edmond Jude Cronin, a provincial court judge. She was born in Alberta and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended Argyle Secondary School, a high school which emphasised the arts, where she won awards and bursaries for her acting. She was then accepted to the University of British Columbia Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program and graduated top of her class. Cronin has since been working in theatre, television and film, and in 2000 she was signed on to play the eccentric Shirley Pifko on Ed.
Q7596023 Stacy Earl (born March 11, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a female dance/pop singer. She is best known for her singles "Love Me All Up" and "Romeo & Juliet" (a duet with The Wild Pair), both of which hit the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992.
Q270395 Bertha of Swabia (French: Berthe; German: Berta; c. 907 AD – after January 2, 966), a member of the Alemannic Hunfriding dynasty, was queen of Burgundy from 922 until 937 and queen of Italy from 922 until 926, by her marriage with King Rudolph II. She was again queen of Italy during her second marriage with King Hugh from 937 until his death in 948.
Q1094617 In American comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is a human being that possesses a genetic trait called the X-gene. It causes the mutant to develop superhuman powers that manifest at puberty. Human mutants are sometimes referred to as a human subspecies Homo sapiens superior, or simply Homo superior. Mutants are the evolutionary progeny of Homo sapiens, and are generally assumed to be the next stage in human evolution. The accuracy of this is the subject of much debate in the Marvel Universe.Unlike Marvel's mutates, which are characters who develop their powers only after exposure to outside stimuli or energies (such as the Hulk, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and Absorbing Man), mutants have actual genetic mutations.
Q2831466 Albert Peter Low (May 24, 1861 – October 9, 1942) was a Canadian geologist, explorer and athlete. His explorations of 1893–1895 were important in declaring Canada's sovereignty over the Arctic, and eventually defining the border between Quebec and Labrador.He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and attended McGill University, graduating in 1882. He moved to Ottawa, Ontario to work as a surveyor and explorer with the Geological Survey of Canada. Low was recognized by senior officials for his excellent work and handed a series of scientific assignments in the North. Although his career is dotted with distinguished work, Low is perhaps best remembered as the commander of a 1903-04 Dominion expedition to declare Canada's authority over the Arctic, a journey that resulted in a bestselling book, The Cruise of the Neptune. In 1906, he was appointed director of the Geological Survey of Canada. In 1907, he became the first deputy minister of the Department of Mines. He retired from the department in 1913. He died in Ottawa in 1942.Low was also an athlete, and he played ice hockey for two famous teams, the McGill University Hockey Club, considered the first organized hockey club in the world, and the Ottawa Hockey Club. In 1883, he played goaltender for the victorious McGill Hockey Club in the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival. The championship is considered the first Canadian championship. After moving to Ottawa in 1883, he was a founding member of the Ottawa Hockey Club, formed within weeks of the 1883 tournament. In 1884, he would return to the Montreal Winter Carnival tournament as Ottawa's goaltender and shutout McGill. He was a member of the Ottawa Hockey Club until 1889.Aplowite, which is a transparent, pink-coloured cobalt mineral, is named in his honour.
Q5106915 Christopher Michael Horn (born July 13, 1977) is a former American football wide receiver.
Q7115215 The Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Oxford, England. The Institute was co-founded in June 2007 with Man Group plc. It brings together faculty, post-docs and students throughout the University interested in research into the quantitative finance applications of machine learning and data analytics.
Q3298756 Mathieu Guidere is a full professor at the University of Paris 8. A scholar of Linguistics Studies as it applies to radicalization and terrorism, he has held other professorships at institutions including the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France (2003–2007) and the University of Geneva, Switzerland (2007 to 2011). Guidere is co-founder of the Radicalization Watch Project based in Washington, D.C. and has been awarded a Fulbright Prize in 2006 to advance his research on the psychology of terrorism. He has been also editor-in-chief of the Defense Concepts Journal. In 2015, he was also Team Leader of the European Union CVE program (Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation) in West Africa and the Sahel Region.Guidere has published books on the Islamic State (ISIS) and on the Al-Qaeda organization and its activities in North Africa and the Middle East such as "The War of Islamisms" (Gallimard, 2017), "The Return of the Caliphate" and The New Terrorists (Les Nouveaux Terroristes, Autrement, 2010) and The Al-Qaeda Recruitment Manual (Le Manuel de recrutement d'Al-Qaeda, Le Seuil, 2007). He has also published in English "The Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalism" and for the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point: "The Tribal Allegiance System within AQIM."Since 2011, Guidere has been a senior fellow at The Brain Sciences Foundation. He was also a lead researcher for MIT Mind Machine Project. His research activities deal with the cognition of terrorism and its psychological stakes particularly as they apply to the protection of civilians (PoC) and to international law enforcement. He has been regularly interviewed by major international media such as CBS News, France24 English, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Post for his expertise in behavioral sciences as related to radicalisation and terrorism.During the 1990s, Mathieu Guidère worked on issues surrounding global communications from and to the Arabic language. Afterwards, he published several works including Advertising and Translation (Publicité et traduction, L'Harmattan, 2000), The Multilingual Communication: Market and Institutional Translation (La communication multilingue : Traduction commerciale et institutionnelle], De Boeck, 2008), and Iraq in Translation: The Art of Losing a War without Knowing the Language of your Opponent (Irak in translation : De l'art de perdre une guerre sans connaître la langue de son adversaire, Jacob-Duvernet, 2008).
Q16799916 These are lists of graphics cards:List of Nvidia graphics processing unitsList of AMD graphics processing units
Q5318660 Dyke Ackland Bay is a large bay in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. The bay extends from Cape Nelson to Cape Ward Hunt. Porlock Bay and Oro Bay are some of the smaller bays located within the larger bay. The bay was named by Captain John Moresby after his friend Sir Thomas Dyke Acland.
Q2453061 Lech Kaczyński, the fourth President of the Republic of Poland, died on 10 April 2010, after a Polish Air Force Tu-154 crashed outside of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 aboard. His wife, economist and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, was also among those killed.After the death of Kaczyński was announced, a week of mourning was declared by the acting President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, spanning 11 to 18 April with a state funeral for the couple held on 18 April. Several countries observed a day of national mourning on the date of the funeral. The couple were buried together in a crypt in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, afterwards.
Q7498340 Shirazeh (Persian: شيرازه‎, also Romanized as Shīrāzeh) is a village in Bandan Rural District, in the Central District of Nehbandan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 310, in 57 families.
Q5357160 This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral division of Araluen in Northern Territory elections.
Q13629103 Mountain Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Liberty Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, that was created as part of the 2010 United States Census. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP's population was 575.
Q16844449 Neve is a band consisting of Angela John, Daniel Sherman and Paul Newton. They are notable for releasing a vocal version of Y-Traxx's Mystery Land which they added additional lyrics. It reached No.70 in UK Singles Chart in 2003.
Q17015841 Joel Feeney and the Western Front is the debut studio album by Canadian country music artist Joel Feeney. It was released in 1991 by Justin Entertainment. It includes the singles "It's a Beautiful Life", "Poor Billy", "Diamonds", "One Good Reason", "If Anything Could Be" and "The Tennessee Hills".
Q2998329 Cosmos is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996. Written and directed by Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin and Denis Villeneuve, the film is an anthology of six short films, one by each of the credited directors, linked by the common character of Cosmos (Igor Ovadis), a Greek immigrant working as a cab driver in Montreal.The film, made by a collective of then-emerging young directors, was considered an unofficial sequel to Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...), a 1991 anthology film by six more established filmmakers.The film was Canada's submission to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not make the shortlist. It was also a shortlisted nominee for Best Motion Picture at the 18th Genie Awards, but lost to The Sweet Hereafter.
Q15715890 Madar-e-Soleyman Rural District (Persian: Dehestān e Mādar e Soleymān – دهستان مادر سليمان‎) is a rural district in Hakhamanish District, Pasargad County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,720, in 886 families. The rural district has 7 villages.
Q21882614 West Toodyay (previously known as Toodyay, Old Toodyay) was the original location of the town of Toodyay, Western Australia. It is situated in the Toodyay valley, 85 kilometres (53 mi) north east of Perth. The Toodyay valley, discovered by Ensign Robert Dale in 1831, was opened up for settlement in 1836. The original site for the town of Toodyay was determined in 1836 and its boundaries were finalized 1838. The first survey of the town was carried out in 1849. After several serious floods, the decision was made to move the town of Toodyay to higher ground. In 1860, the new town of Newcastle was established 3 miles (4.8 km) further upstream. Newcastle was renamed in 1910 to Toodyay, and the original site became known as West Toodyay.
Q1426340 Fladnitz refers to the following places in Austria:Fladnitz an der Teichalm, Gemeinde im Bezirk Weiz, SteiermarkFladnitz im Raabtal, Gemeinde im Bezirk Südoststeiermark
Q1326066 The Evzones or Evzonoi (Greek: Εύζωνες, Εύζωνοι, pronounced [ˈevzones, ˈevzoni]), is the name of several historical elite light infantry and mountain units of the Greek Army. Today, it refers to the members of the Presidential Guard (Greek: Προεδρική Φρουρά, romanized: Proedrikí Frourá), a ceremonial unit that guards the Greek Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Greek: Μνημείο του Άγνωστου Στρατιώτη, romanized: Mnimeío tou Άgnostou Stratiόti) and the Presidential Mansion in Athens. An Evzone (Greek: Εύζωνας) is also known, colloquially, as a Tsoliás (Greek: Τσολιάς; pl. , Τσολιάδες, Tsoliádes). Evzones are known for their distinctive uniform, which evolved from the clothes worn by the klephts who fought the Ottoman occupation of Greece. The most visible item of this uniform is the fustanella, a kilt-like garment. Their distinctive dress turned them into a popular image for the Greek soldier, especially among foreigners.
Q4649404 The A5012 road is a main road in the south of the English county of Derbyshire.Around 9 miles (14 km) in length it connects two primary north-south routes, the A6 at Cromford and the A515 between Buxton and Ashbourne. It passes through Pikehall and Grangemill and alongside Ible.The eastern part (Grangemill to Cromford, set in a deep valley) is known as the Via Gellia - named after its builders, the Gell family, who held lead-mining interests in and around Wirksworth.The road has a poor safety record and is ranked the third-worst in Britain by EuroRAP.
Q710818 After the Japan–PRC Joint Communiqué in 1972, Japan no longer recognizes the Republic of China as the sole official government of China. However, Japan has maintained non-governmental, working-level relations with ROC.
Q7080865 The Ohio Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio State Penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834 to 1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in what is now known as the Arena District. The state had built a small prison in Columbus in 1813, but as the state's population grew the earlier facility was not able to handle the number of prisoners sent to it by the courts. When the penitentiary first opened in 1834, not all of the buildings were completed. The prison housed 5,235 prisoners at its peak in 1955. Conditions in the prison have been described as "primitive," and the facility was eventually replaced by the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security facility in Lucasville. During its operation, it housed several well-known inmates, including General John H. Morgan, who famously escaped the prison during the Civil War, "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard, whose story is said to have inspired the movie The Fugitive. A separate facility for women prisoners was completed within the walls of the Ohio Penitentiary in 1837. The buildings were demolished in 1998.
Q7140693 A partner in a law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, or financial firm is a highly ranked position, traditionally indicating co-ownership of a partnership in which the partners were entitled to a share of the profits as "equity partners." The title can also be used in corporate entities where equity is held by shareholders.
Q199095 Zierfandler is a grape variety used to make white wine in the Thermenregion of Austria. It is also known as Spätrot ("late red") because it turns red just before harvest time. It is traditionally blended with Rotgipfler but is increasingly being sold as a single varietal wine. Zierfandler wines are typically elegant and quite sweet, but with lots of balancing acidity and a nutty bouquet of pistachios and almonds. They are capable of ageing well.
Q804386 Blattellaquinone, also known as gentisyl quinone isovalerate, is a sex pheromone of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). Blattellaquinone is secreted by females to attract male cockroaches.
Q7313973 Repentance Tower is a 16th-century tower house situated near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. Built in 1565 by John Maxwell, it served as a watchtower for Hoddom Castle. The tower takes its name from an inscription above the door.It is a scheduled monument.
Q2739099 List of US Open champions in tennis: Men's Singles and Doubles, Women's Singles and Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.
Q6745671 The Mamiku River is a river of Saint Lucia.
Q4378138 The Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (Ukrainian: Придніпровська державна академія будівництва та архітектури) is one of the major academic institutions of higher education in Ukraine, specializing in engineering and economics, located in Dnipro. Founded in 1930 as the "Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Civil Engineering", it currently has 7 faculties and 590 full-time faculty members (including 79 full professors and 266 associate professors). It is a member of several academic co-operations, including the IAU (1997) and АUF (2006).
Q4896550 Best 15 Things (stylized as Best 15 things) is the second compilation album by American singer Amerie. It was released only in selected Asian countries on March 18, 2009 by Columbia. It contained material from her first three studio albums: All I Have (2002), Touch (2005) and Because I Love It (2007).
Q16903210 Whitehill Junction railway station is a former railway station, on the Longmoor Military Railway, which was closed along with the rest of the line in 1969. The station served the village of Whitehill, Hampshire.
Q1164191 GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Changsha, China and a 50:50 joint-venture between GAC Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The company was founded on 9 March 2010. Fiat agreed to invest an initial US$559 million in the venture.
Q7220495 Mpanda Airport (ICAO: HTMP) is an airport in western Tanzania serving the town of Mpanda and the surrounding Katavi Region. It is on the southeastern side of the town. The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR helped the Government of Tanzania to finance the upgrade of the airstrip into an airport as a gesture of its appreciation for hosting Burundian refugees for more than 30 years.The airport was officially opened by the Tanzanian Vice President Mohamed Gharib Bilal on 24 November 2012. The airport will help improve access to the Katavi National Park.
Q5647907 The Hangar Theatre is a non-profit, regional theatre located at 801 Taughannock Boulevard in Ithaca, NY. Its mainstage season and children's shows occur during the summer, but the Hangar, and other organizations, utilize the space year-round for special events. The tenets of the Hangar's mission statement are to enrich, enlighten, educate and entertain.
Q19894111 Avlida (Russian: Авли́да) is a Russian female first name. In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars, which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia. This particular name was after Avlida, a town in Boeotia, where according to a legend, the Greek army set sail for the Trojan War and which served as the setting for the Euripides play Iphigenia in Aulis.
Q18560010 Qiu Zhuoyang (born 23 June 1996) is a Chinese tennis player.Qiu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1404 achieved on 24 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 767 achieved on 29 August 2016.Qiu made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 ATP Shenzhen Open, in the doubles draw partnering Te Rigele.
Q28160395 Duane Sauke is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 25B in southeastern Minnesota.
Q6085649 Presque Isle Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 600 as of the 2010 census. The community is located on the shore of Lake Huron.
Q55264 Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death.He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character. He portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. Among Laughton's biggest film hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ruggles of Red Gap, Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Big Clock. In his later career, he took up stage directing, notably in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and George Bernard Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, in which he also starred. He directed one film, the thriller The Night of the Hunter.Daniel Day-Lewis cited Laughton as one of his inspirations, saying: "He was probably the greatest film actor who came from that period of time. He had something quite remarkable. His generosity as an actor, he fed himself into that work. As an actor, you cannot take your eyes off him."
Q331564 Francisco Pelsaert (first name also spelled as "François", surname also spelled as "Pelsart") (c. 1595 – September 1630) was a Dutch merchant who worked for the Dutch East Indies Company, who became most famous as the commander of the ship Batavia, which ran aground in the Houtman Abrolhos off the coast of Western Australia in June 1629.
Q3802157 Irving Gordon (February 14, 1915 – December 1, 1996) was an American songwriter.
Q5209996 The Dakota Coal Company, subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative, is based in Bismarck, North Dakota. It controls the rights to lignite reserves in North Dakota and provides financing for the Freedom Mine north of Beulah, ND. Dakota Coal Company is also responsible for marketing Freedom Mine lignite production. Dakota Coal and The Coteau Properties Co. work closely with their customers to ensure lignite quality doesn't hamper daily plant operations.
Q474775 Ostfriesland-Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Emden, Germany. It is currently used exclusively for football matches and has been the home stadium of Kickers Emden since 1950.
Q1054596 "Prison Sex" is a song by American rock band Tool. The song was released as their second single from their debut studio album Undertow. The song uses a modified drop-B tuning. The track features an "anti-climax" coda, in which memorable verses and choruses dissolve into an unrelated, quiet final section.
Q7642135 Super Agent is an American reality television series about nine sports agents competing to be selected for defensive lineman Shaun Cody. The series was shown on Spike TV in 2005.In each episode the sports agents were given assignments that allowed them to demonstrate their skills and talents as agents for Cody as he deliberated on which agent would ultimately be hired to manage his multimillion-dollar American football career.
Q6396798 Kevin Longbottom (1940 - 1986) was an Aboriginal Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s. Longbottom was known by the nickname "Lummy" and was renowned for his long-range goal kicking, sometimes even kicking goals from further than the halfway line. A large, barrell chested man, he won a premiership with in 1967, and played in the 1965 Souths team that were runners up. He played Fullback for most of his career.Longbottom initially forced his way into first grade when full-back, Darrel Chapman became injured. He kicked a conversion in South Sydney's win over Canterbury in the 1967 Grand final that should have resulted in a 14-10 win. His three long range penalty goals in the 1965 Grand Final are still regarded as possibly the longest kicks every attempted at the Sydney Cricket Ground.Longbottom was a fine golfer, but is better remembered as a famous caddie to many professional golfers including Bruce Devlin, Bob Shearer and American Tommy Bolt.Longbottom died from cancer in 1986 at the age of 45.
Q8036821 Worleston is a village (at SJ658564) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 2½ miles north of Nantwich and 3 miles west of Crewe. The civil parish also includes the settlements of Beambridge, Rease Heath, Mile End and Rookery, with a total population of a little over 400, at the 2011 Census included Poole, Cheshire and measured 452.
Q3050826 Siremar (Sicilia Regionale Marittima) is an Italian shipping company, until 2011 a subdivision of state-owned Tirrenia di Navigazione and now privatized, which operates in routes from Sicily to Aeolian Islands, Aegadian Islands, Ustica, Pantelleria, Linosa and Lampedusa. It also connects Milazzo, Naples and the Eolie Islands.
Q2893679 Beekkant is a metro station in Brussels, served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6 of the Brussels Metro. The station is located in the municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, in the western part of Brussels. It runs parallel to a railway used for freight trains, and from 2010 again, as suburban railway line of the future Brussels RER.
Q2872196 Australia (the Wallabies) first played against the British and Irish Lions in 1899, winning 13 – 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. There have been 23 Test matches between the two teams, with the Wallabies winning 6 of them and the British and Irish Lions 17. The most recent test, held at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, on 6 July 2013, finished in a 41 – 16 win for the Lions.
Q7819346 Thomas Dawson (15 December 1901 – 30 November 1977) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient, Gateshead and Stoke City.
Q5667661 Harry Butterworth (1868 – 30 November 1954) was a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Q6568132 The following is a list of managers of Crystal Palace Football Club from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1905 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost). The most successful manager of Crystal Palace is Steve Coppell, who during his 13-year reign as manager took the club to an FA Cup Final, third place in the top flight, won the Full Members Cup and were also twice second tier play-off winners. He is also the club's second longest-serving manager, presiding over a total of 565 games from 1984 to 2000 (over four spells). In 2005, he was voted as the manager for Palace's Centenary XI.
Q5592904 Graham High School is a public high school located in Graham, Texas (USA) and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is part of the Graham Independent School District located in central Young County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Q5528392 Gavrilo Vitković (28 January 1829, in Buda, Austrian Empire – 25 July 1902, in Negotin, Kingdom of Serbia) was an engineer, historian, professor and collector of old manuscripts. He was a member of the Serbian Learned Society.
Q18418311 How's Your Process? (Play) is the second part of the second studio album by alternative rock band Dot Hacker and the second of a two-album series. The album was released on October 7, 2014 on ORG Music label in digital, CD, cassette, and 12″ vinyl formats.Josh Klinghoffer stated in an interview that How's Your Process was intended to be released as a single album, but was split into two when the band could not agree on which songs to include: Klinghoffer also revealed that the cover is a photograph by Ryszard Horowitz, which the band discovered in an article from a 1969 issue of Esquire magazine.
Q21544590 Todra volcanic field is a volcanic field in the Aïr region, Niger.The field consists of about 150 volcanoes, whose position is fault controlled. Their eruption products (mainly basalt but also phonolite and trachyte) cover a surface of about 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi).The field may have had historical eruptions.
Q18810742 Sir George Saunders (c. 1671–1734) of St Olave's, Hart St., London.was a Royal Navy officer, British official and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734.Saunders parentage is unknown. He married Anne Dartiquenave, daughter of Charles Dartiquenave, and sister of Charles Dartiquenave of St James's, Westminster, paymaster of the board of Works.Saunders was in the merchant service before joining the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1689 on board the Portsmouth, with Captain George St Lo, and became for a short time a prisoner of war when the ship was captured in 1690. In December 1690 he joined the Ossory with Captain Tyrrell, in which he was present in the Battle of La Hougue. On 28 December 1692 he passed his examination, aged twenty-one, after serving in the navy for not quite three years. On 5 December 1694 he was promoted to lieutenant, and in January 1695 was appointed to the Yarmouth with Captain Moody. From 1696 to 1699 he was in the Pendennis with Captain Thomas Hardy. In 1700 he was in the Suffolk and in 1701, in the Coventry, again with Hardy, and in 1702 he was first lieutenant of the St George, the flagship of Sir Stafford Fairborne. He was with Sir George Rooke at Cadiz and at Vigo.Saunders was promoted to the command of the Terror bomb, which he brought home in November after a stormy and dangerous passage. A few weeks later he was posted to the Seaford, a small frigate on the Irish station. By 1705, he was captain. From January 1705, he was in the Shoreham, and continued until 1710, cruising in the Irish Sea, chasing and sometimes capturing the enemy's privateers. He also convoyed the local trade between Whitehaven, Hoylake, Milford, and Bristol on the one side, and on the other from Belfast to Kinsale. From 1710 to 1715 he commanded the Antelope of 50 guns in the Channel.In September 1715 Saunders was sent by Admiral Sir George Byng to Havre and Paris to investigate ships suspected of carrying arms for the Pretender. In 1716 was appointed to the Superbe, and served with Byng in the Baltic in 1717. He was chosen by Byng to be captain of the fleet, in actions against Spain off Sicily and Naples, between 1718 and 1720. He was 1st captain of the flagship Barfleur at Byng's victory at the Battle of Cape Passaro on 31 July 1718. In October 1719, he was sent to negotiate a treaty with the Order of Malta, and in May 1720, he arranged the armistice with Spain. He was knighted for these services by King George I at Hanover on 8 October 1720, while on his way home.In 1721 Saunders was appointed Commissioner of victualling and in 1727 changed posts to Commissioner of the navy. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Queenborough on the Admiralty interest at a by-election on 20 February 1728. He consistently supported the Administration. In 1729 he became Comptroller of the navy treasurer's account and held this post until his death. He became a Rear Admiral in 1731. At the 1734 British general election he was returned again as MP for Queenborough.Saunders died on 5 December 1734. He had one daughter Anna Maria who married William Egerton.
Q3042642 ISTJ can refer to:One of the 16 Myers–Briggs Type Indicator psychological typesA personality type in Socionics
Q2744752 Thomas Carr Frank (born March 21, 1965) is an American political analyst, historian, and journalist. He co-founded and edited The Baffler magazine. Frank has written several books with great impact, most notably What's the Matter with Kansas? (2004) and Listen, Liberal (2016). From 2008 to 2010 he wrote "The Tilting Yard", a column in The Wall Street Journal.A historian of culture and ideas, Frank analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism, and economics. His topics include the rhetoric and impact of culture wars in American political life and the relationship between politics and culture in the United States.
Q1785569 Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (Irish: Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831 – 29 June 1915) was an Irish Fenian leader and prominent member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. His life as an Irish Fenian is well documented but he is perhaps known best in death for the graveside oration given at his funeral by Patrick Pearse.Growing up in County Cork in the South of Ireland during the Great Irish Famine, O'Donovan founded the Phoenix National and Literary Society and dedicated his life to working towards the establishment of an independent Irish Republic. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood and after fleeing in exile to the United States as part of the Cuba Five, he joined Irish revolutionary organisations there, beyond the reach of the British Empire. He was a pioneer in physical force Irish republicanism utilising dynamite in a campaign of asymmetrical warfare, hitting the British Empire on its home soil, primarily London.
Q5671454 Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 23, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared in eleven films (as Parkyakarkas or a close variant) from 1936 to 1945.
Q6463263 Magic in the Water is a 1995 family film directed by Rick Stevenson and starring Mark Harmon, Joshua Jackson and Sarah Wayne. It is about a fictional lake monster in British Columbia. The film was distributed by TriStar Pictures and produced by Triumph Films.
Q7647996 Susan Yvonne Illston (born 1948) is a San Francisco, California-based Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, which lies within the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Q8021685 William "Willie" McLaren (born 6 November 1984) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Junior club Forth Wanderers, who plays as a midfielder. He has played for several Scottish clubs throughout his career which started in 2003.
Q5184032 Creigiau is a dormitory settlement in the north-west of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The village currently has about 1,500 houses and a population of approximately 5,000 people. The Cardiff electoral ward is called Creigiau/St. Fagans. The village has a strong Welsh-speaking community, and along with Pentyrch has one of the largest clusters of Welsh-speakers in Cardiff. 23.4% of the village speaks Welsh.
Q2701053 Acacia longifolia is a species of Acacia native to southeastern Australia, from the extreme southeast of Queensland, eastern New South Wales, eastern and southern Victoria, and southeastern South Australia. Common names for it include long-leaved wattle, acacia trinervis, aroma doble, golden wattle, coast wattle, sallow wattle and Sydney golden wattle. It is not listed as being a threatened species, and is considered invasive in Portugal and South Africa. In the Southern region of Western Australia, it has become naturalised and has been classed as a weed by out-competing indigenous species. It is a tree that grows very quickly reaching 7–10 m in five to six years.
Q4612239 The 2008 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA and two teams from Ulster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as it also features further education colleges and it also featured two teams from Ulster. The first four losers of the competition entered the Walsh Shield.Antrim won their first and (so far) only Walsh Cup, while Laois won the Walsh Shield.
Q2490603 Great Asby is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south east of Penrith and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Its name is said to be derived from the Old Norse: askr, meaning ash and by, meaning farm.In present times the village is used mainly by the farming community.The village's church is St Peter's Church, which was built between 1863 and 1866.
Q4116839 Grand Ayatollah Shamsodin Vaezi (Arabic: شمس الدين الواعظي) (born 1936) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'.He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Muhsin al-Hakim.
Q5350816 El Ben is a settlement in Kenya's Wajir County.
Q7705243 Terthreutis furcata is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Vietnam.The wingspan is 18 mm for males and 24 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is white and somewhat glossy. The strigulation (fine streaking) is grey brown and grey. The hindwings are cream and brown in the anal half.
Q4598671 Group A of the 2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2001 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with each team being assigned to its respective play-off region.
Q5260184 The Department of Commerce Bronze Medal is the third of three honor awards of the United States Department of Commerce. Since 1949, the Bronze Medal is the highest award presented by the head or secretarial officer of an operating unit of the Department of Commerce such as the NOAA, NIST, NWS, etc. for superior performance. The award may be presented to an individual, group (or team), or organization for outstanding or significant contributions which have increased the efficiency and effectiveness of the operating unit of the Department of Commerce.The annual operating unit Bronze Medal Awards ceremony in the Washington D.C. area is scheduled by the operating unit sometime after the annual Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medal Awards ceremony. An Individual and members of a group (or team) which is awarded the Bronze Medal Award are each presented a framed certificate and medal. An organization receiving the award is presented one framed certificate and medal.
Q3067259 Please note there is another Senegalese division 1 basketball player of this name, born in 1982.Fatou Dieng (born August 18, 1983) is a Senegalese female basketball player. She is also a French citizen.
Q12521961 Tombulilato or Tombalilatoe is a village in Gorontalo, Indonesia. It is located on the south coast of Gorontalo, at the point that marks the limit between the Molucca Sea and the Gulf of Tomini. Tombulilato is located in the Bone Raya district of Bone Bolango Regency, province of Gorontalo. The village covers an area of 12,500 hectares and is bordered by River Andagile on the east.
Q28229670 Jeff Jacobson is the former CEO of Xerox Corporation.
Q30283790 The New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) is the largest state government agency in New Jersey, serving about 1.5 million New Jerseyans. DHS serves seniors, individuals and families with low incomes; people with developmental disabilities, or late-onset disabilities; people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind; parents needing child care services, child support and/or healthcare for their children; and families facing catastrophic medical expenses for their children.There is a New Jersey Department of Human Services Police.
Q67852 Autaugaville is a town in Autauga County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 870. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Q4152 Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.The castle was intended as a home for the king, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.