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Q1230681 | George Cornewall Lewis
Family
He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall. Thomas, after holding subordinate office in various administrations, became a poor-law commissioner, and was made a baronet in 1846.His maternal grandparents were Sir Ge... | 3200315938977579709 | 1,462 |
Q55762460 | James M. Perry
James Moorhead Perry (1927–2016) was a 20th-century American journalist and author, who rose to prominence as a political reporter and columnist for the National Observer (1962–1977), and as the chief political reporter and correspondent of the Wall Street Journal (1977–1997). He was an analyst and cr... | 6313965732786417230 | 880 |
Q608042 | Francys Arsentiev
Climbing
In 1992, Yarbro married Sergei Arsentiev. Together, they climbed many Russian peaks, including the first ascent of Peak 5800m, which they named Peak Goodwill, as well as Denali via the West Buttress. Arsentiev became the first U.S. woman to ski down Elbrus, and she summitted its east and we... | 15281347872443175571 | 994 |
Q7144985 | Patient and mortuary neglect
Neglect is defined as giving little attention to or to leave undone or unattended to, especially through carelessness. Mortuary neglect can comprise many things, such as bodies being stolen from the morgue, or bodies being mixed up and the wrong one was buried. When a mortuary fails to pre... | 18008775696013492100 | 1,491 |
Q97158 | Wilhelm Feldberg
Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg CBE FRS (19 November 1900 – 23 October 1993) was a German-British physiologist and biologist.
Biography
Feldberg was born in Hamburg to a wealthy middle class Jewish family. He studied medicine at Heidelberg, Munich and Berlin, graduating in 1925. In the same year he moved... | 17035098938908584320 | 1,295 |
Q16997263 | Man engine
A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. It was invented in Germany in the 19th century and was a prominent feature of tin and copper mines in Cornwall until the beginning of the twentieth ... | 17722686272421491108 | 1,386 |
Q7100150 | Orca (novel)
Plot introduction
Vlad and his friend Kiera the Thief investigate a financial cover-up following the mysterious death of an Orca tycoon.
Reunions
Kiera the Thief sends a letter to Vlad's estranged wife Cawti, offering to meet and tell her of Vlad's most recent adventures. In return for not telling Vlad... | 12105066029195632162 | 894 |
Q27958378 | We Have Always Lived in the Castle (film)
Plot
18-year-old Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood lives in isolation on the family estate with her older sister Constance and their ailing uncle Julian. Constance has not left the house in the six years since she was tried and acquitted of the poisoning death of her parent... | 9017611259718071975 | 1,309 |
Q14981910 | Erasmus Middleton
Erasmus Middleton (1739–1805) was an English clergyman, author and editor.
Early life
He was the son of Erasmus Middleton of Horncastle, Lincolnshire. At age 22 he underwent a religion conversion among Wesleyan Methodists in Horncastle. He was then sent to Joseph Townsend in Pewsey for tuition.
Ex... | 2903541492514473719 | 1,172 |
Q235785 | At-Tahrim
Name of the Surah
The Surah derived its name from the words lima tuharrimu of the very first verse. This too is not a title of its subject matter, but the name implies that it is the Surah in which the incident of tahrim (prohibition, forbiddance) has been mentioned.
Probable date of revelation
In connect... | 438042655276230076 | 1,387 |
Q711850 | Evergreen Group
Evergreen Marine Corporation
Evergreen Marine is the fourth-largest containerized shipping company in the world, with a fleet of over 150 ships calling on 240 ports worldwide in about 80 countries. Evergreen Marine Corporation includes subsidiaries/divisions Uniglory Shipping Corporation, Hatsu Marine... | 15296408611567110432 | 1,247 |
Q6108440 | JLA (company)
History
JLA was founded as John Laithwaite Associates Limited in 1973 in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, UK. While JLA initially specialised only in commercial laundry equipment distribution, by 1982 the company had begun to offer a rental model combining both machines and servicing which is now known as Tot... | 5998150742215554823 | 899 |
Q5393271 | Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives
Achievements
After becoming a chief test driver in 1908, he led the RR team in the Austrian Alpine Trial in 1913. During the First World War the company designed its first aero-engine, the Eagle, and Hives developed it successfully, by 1916 he was Head of the Experimental Department. In ... | 321788059621164563 | 880 |
Q208180 | Lake Bolsena
Geography
The lake has an oval shape typical of crater lakes. The long axis of the ellipse is aligned in a north-south direction. The bottom is roughly conical reaching a maximum depth at a point in the middle. The entire lake is surrounded by hills on the flanks and summits of which are the comuni. The ... | 11192336020205319740 | 1,329 |
Q7786276 | This Sweet Sickness
Composition
Highsmith dedicated the novel to her mother Mary: "To my mother".
Synopsis
Scientist David Kelsey is infatuated with Annabelle, with whom he had a short relationship before leaving the town in which they met to take a job. The job, he hopes, will allow him to have a decent amount of ... | 11982020033896497398 | 834 |
Q1030465 | John Russell (actor)
Early life
Born in Los Angeles to insurance company executive John Henry Russell and his wife, Amy Requa, John Lawrence Russell was the eldest of three children. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles as a student athlete.Following the start of World War II, he joined the United St... | 829647023039983198 | 1,059 |
Q4680505 | Adamson Tannehill
Adamson Tannehill (May 23, 1750 – December 23, 1820), a native of Maryland, is representative of the United States’ founding generation whose members were active participants in the early military and political events of their country's establishment. He was among the first volunteers to join the new... | 587109010111379157 | 1,204 |
Q74600 | Albert Ganzenmüller
Albert Ganzenmüller (born 25 February 1905 in Passau – died 20 March 1996 in Munich) was a German Nazi and, as the Under-secretary of State at the Reich Transport Ministry (Reichsverkehrsministerium), was involved in the deportation of German Jews.
Career
The holder of a doctorate in engineering... | 14761797672625190770 | 1,000 |
Q703311 | 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The Moscow Victory Day Parade of 2010 was held on 9 May 2010 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marks the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.It was the largest parade held in Moscow, Russia since the Soviet Union's d... | 6551811140540617539 | 1,301 |
Q5433375 | Family of the Year
Origins of members
Though Family of the Year is currently based in Los Angeles, California, brothers Joseph and Sebastian Keefe were born in Massachusetts, spent their teenage years in Wales, and eventually moved to Martha's Vineyard. James Buckey is from Jacksonville, Florida, while Christina Sch... | 11050505050286248489 | 1,134 |
Q16683933 | Catherine Eliza Richardson
Biography
Catherine Eliza Richardson was born in 1777 to Phoebe Scott (née Dixon) and James Scott, a landowner of considerable property and Justice of the peace in the Scottish borders village of Canonbie, Dumfriesshire. She is described being 'born into favourable circumstances' as one of ... | 2251048085438092006 | 851 |
Q1972978 | Upper Klamath Lake
Geology
Upper Klamath Lake is the largest remnant of Lake Modoc, a giant pluvial lake that existed in the region until about 10,000 years ago. At its largest, Lake Modoc covered over 1,000 square miles (2,600 km²), joining Upper Klamath, Lower Klamath, and Tule Lakes, as well as all of the major we... | 15631049087656319025 | 1,103 |
Q2878026 | Economy of Cape Verde
Resources
About 75% of food is imported. Cape Verde annually runs a high trade deficit, financed by foreign aid and remittances from emigrants; remittances constitute a supplement to GDP of more than 20%. Economic reforms, launched by the new democratic government in 1991, are aimed at developin... | 12105127763410502512 | 953 |
Q950343 | George John (soccer)
Youth and college
John was born and raised in Shoreline, Washington.George played youth soccer for Emerald City FC in Seattle. He was later the team captain of his youth club leading the Crossfire Premier to an U-18 Premier I Division Championship and a U-18 Washington State Championship. In 201... | 15333853482031488730 | 1,076 |
Q3186028 | Joshua Fineberg
Biography
Joshua Fineberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He began his musical studies at the age of five. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Peabody Conservatory with Morris Cotel where he won first prize in the bi-annual Virginia Carty de Lillo Composition Competition.
Music career
H... | 2951822709659851755 | 996 |
Q7575452 | Speed 2: Cruise Control (soundtrack)
Music performed in the film
Speed 2: Cruise Control, the action thriller sequel to 1994's Speed starring Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric and Willem Dafoe, was released in 1997. The film is set on a cruise ship in the Caribbean; to complement its setting, the soundtrack primarily feat... | 15450866655354688065 | 1,421 |
Q6746687 | Management contract
Difference between management contract and franchising
In business management, franchising is a contractual relationship between franchiser (owner of the company) and franchisee (buyer of a brand name). The franchiser allows the franchisee to use its trademark along with certain business systems a... | 4984087537223797656 | 1,268 |
Q4450919 | Wiremu Tamihana
Early life
Tarapipipi Te Waharoa, later known as Wiremu Tamihana, was born around 1805 at Tamahere on the Horotiu plains, the son of the Māori chief Te Waharoa and Rangi Te Wiwini. His father was the leader of the tribe Ngāti Hauā, which settled the area along the Waikato River near Horotiu as far eas... | 642687147559474372 | 1,074 |
Q4550855 | 15 Air Assault Close Support Squadron RLC
History
The Squadron was formed at Woolwich on May 8, 1878, with a group of men and their horses. Soon afterwards, the horses were replaced with mules and the Company found itself employed on transport duties throughout the British Empire. The Company was deployed to the Eg... | 15980382494110982315 | 1,122 |
Q7839335 | Trevor Molloy
Career
Molloy started his league career with Shamrock Rovers at 18 making his League of Ireland debut at St Mel's Park on 7 January 1996 but after only a handful of appearances he moved to First Division club Athlone Town in 1996. He immediately hit his stride and ended up the division's second top scor... | 11714927820733982425 | 878 |
Q2105051 | Ewa Aulin
Biography
Ewa Aulin rose to fame in her native Sweden when she won the title of Miss Teen Sweden in 1965 at age 15. In the same year Aulin had been approached by Gunnar Fischer to appear as the young girl in his short film Djävulen's Instrument (The Devil's Instrument). Subsequently, she represented Sweden ... | 12143228056337842249 | 899 |
Q4470683 | Ukrainians in Kazakhstan
Ukrainian Kazakhstanis are an ethnic minority in Kazakhstan that according to the 1989 census numbered 896,000 people, or 5.4% of the population. Due to subsequent emigration to Russia and Ukraine, this number had declined to 796,000 by 1998 and 456,997 in the 2009 census.
History
Beginning ... | 4327530133007717243 | 939 |
Q14683964 | Shoreline Park, Santa Barbara
Park Facilities
The park includes a playground, picnic area, a whale watching area with a telescope situated next to a statue of a large concrete whale tail, as well as a sister city Japanese garden. The park also provides a clear view of the Channel Islands on a good day, and Gray Whale... | 6034064154643247015 | 1,144 |
Q7401474 | Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary
History
St. John Vianney Theological Seminary was constituted on March 17, 1999 to replace the former Saint Thomas Seminary that had been operating at the same site since 1907. Since its founding, the seminary has been dedicated to forming priests for the new millennium and off... | 5584923398100892230 | 1,468 |
Q1483165 | Single-molecule magnet
A single-molecule magnet (SMM) is a metal-organic compound that has superparamagnetic behavior below a certain blocking temperature at the molecular scale. In this temperature range, a SMM exhibits magnetic hysteresis of purely molecular origin. In contrast to conventional bulk magnets and molec... | 314236673374459560 | 936 |
Q3666233 | Chanson D'Amour
Original version
In 1958 the husband and wife team of Art and Dotty Todd were the resident act at the Chapman Park Hotel in Los Angeles. The duo had charted in the UK in 1953 with "Broken Wings" (#6) but were known in their native United States as veterans of the California lounge circuit; the Todds a... | 10794139518216071290 | 1,029 |
Q454567 | Tove Styrke
Biography
Styrke was born in Umeå, Sweden. She has two sisters, one younger and one older. Her father, musician Anders Östman, scored a number one hit on the Swedish radio chart, Svensktoppen, in 1975 with the song "Vindens melodi" performed by his dansband Max Fenders. Her mother was a ballet instructor ... | 17916421134297309122 | 1,365 |
Q4014724 | Vixen 03
Plot introduction
In 1954 "Vixen 03", an aircraft carrying a top-secret cargo to the military's testing grounds in the South Pacific, crashes and is never recovered. Thirty-four years later while on vacation Dirk Pitt, Special Projects Director for the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), finds the ... | 7363502436163320361 | 1,249 |
Q7289758 | Ramnad estate
Location
The estate of Ramnad was located between 9 degrees 6' and 10 degrees 6' N latitude and 77 degrees 56' and 79 degrees 19' E longitudes. It comprised the southern and eastern portion of Madura district and included the whole Bay of Bengal coast of the district.
Area and population
The estate co... | 789424205997014669 | 854 |
Q908207 | Complexity class
Background
Complexity classes are concerned with the rate of growth of the requirement in resources as the input n increases. It is an abstract measurement, and does not give time or space in requirements in terms of seconds or bytes, which would require knowledge of implementation specifics. The fun... | 13585115610910346539 | 1,472 |
Q15228535 | Immaculate Conception Parish Church (Dasmariñas)
Construction of the church
The stone church of Perez-Dasmariñas was built with the establishment of the parish. Don Esperidion Arevalo of Santa Cruz, Manila, a famous sculptor, was commissioned by the Recollect Provincial to carve the image of La Purisima Concepcion (... | 10500041786109340255 | 1,142 |
Q17081509 | Small Cap Liquidity Reform Act of 2013
Background
In financial markets, a tick size is the smallest increment (tick) by which the price of stocks, futures contracts or other exchange-traded instrument can move. Current rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates the stock market, set the tick a... | 10339814007090969388 | 1,459 |
Q7592723 | St Brigid's Church, Perth
St Brigid's Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church in Northbridge, Western Australia. The church precinct comprises the church building itself, a convent, a presbytery and a school, situated on a block of land bounded by Aberdeen Street (to the north-east), Fitzgerald Street (to th... | 10701918762580219198 | 818 |
Q20641496 | John Sisterson
Coaching career
Upson LeeSisterson's first U.S. head coaching job came in 1998, when he was appointed to the position at Upson Lee, in Georgia. He took a losing program, that had never had a winning year, to six consecutive winning seasons, a region championship, and five runners-up berths. He was Coac... | 11108946189510654379 | 1,038 |
Q28220357 | The Daouk Family
Introduction
The Daouk Family is known as one of the 'Seven Families of Beirut' along the other six families; the Mneimneh Family, the Sinno Family, the Kreidiyyeh Family, the Itani Family, the Doughan Family and the Houry Family. The Daouk Family members mostly reside in Ras Beirut and other distric... | 7931292282064352985 | 1,140 |
Q538882 | Pinisi
Etymology
According to a local tradition the name pinisi is given by a Tallo king, I Manyingarang Dg Makkilo, for his boat. The name comes from two words, that is "picuru" (meaning "good example"), and "binisi" (a type of fish small, agile and tough fish on the surface of the water and not affected by currents... | 1011293877725222808 | 1,077 |
Q593141 | Philip, South Dakota
History
Philip was laid out in 1907 when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point. It was incorporated in 1908. In 1914, Philip was designated seat of the newly formed Haakon County. The city was named for James "Scotty" Philip; the local high school mascot is the Scotch t... | 8065121760504551386 | 1,151 |
Q319358 | Conergy
Europe
In July 2011, Conergy built what BBC News called "one of Britain's largest solar farms" in Hawton, Nottinghamshire, with a capacity of 5 MW. In June 2014, Conergy announced two projects with German utilies company RWE: its first solar power plant in the UK and a solar leasing partnership for businesses... | 12310821311379474871 | 983 |
Q6317984 | Justin Palardy
Saint Mary's University
Palardy attended Saint Mary's University where he played university football for the Huskies as the team's placekicker and punter from 2006-2009. He earned AUS All-Star kicker three times, twice as a punter and was named to the CIS 2nd All Canadian Team. Palardy also earned rook... | 2242152227891569759 | 969 |
Q4867942 | Bass Museum
Early years
John Bass (1891-1978) and Johanna Redlich (m. Feb. 21, 1921) were Jewish-immigrants from Vienna, Austria who resided in Miami Beach. As President of the Fajardo Sugar Company of Puerto Rico, John Bass was also an amateur journalist, artist (namely painting and etching) and composer of publishe... | 16721135649579873053 | 983 |
Q7292385 | Randy Raine-Reusch
Randy Raine-Reusch (born 1952) is a Canadian composer, performer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in New and Experimental Music for instruments from around the world, particularly those from East and Southeast Asia.
Research
Raine-Reusch studied at the Creative Music Studio in t... | 12309485134277919191 | 885 |
Q20630799 | William Byron (racing driver)
Racing career
Byron became interested in racing when he was six years old after seeing a stock car race on television, later attending a race at Martinsville Speedway in 2006. He began racing on the iRacing simulator as a teenager with over 100 wins and 298 top fives in online competitio... | 12573213398788314135 | 1,396 |
Q395741 | Agostino Tassi
Agostino Tassi (Perugia, 1578– Rome, 1644) was the rapist of Artemisia Gentileschi and a painter of landscapes and seascapes.Because he aspired to nobility he modified the details of his early life. Though he was born in Perugia he claimed to have been born in Rome. His family name was Buonamici, but ... | 790941634615909575 | 849 |
Q6829051 | Hubert Ashton
Early life
Ashton was born in Calcutta, India on 13 February 1898. Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis, was the daughter of Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Lucknow, and Julia Selina Thesiger.Asshton was educated at Winchester College; on leaving ... | 2968597535913772770 | 814 |
Q5001459 | Bush v. Vera
Background
As a result of the 1990 United States Census, Texas was entitled to three additional congressional districts. In a called session in 1991, the Texas Legislature decided to draw one new Hispanic-majority district in South Texas (District 28), one new African-American majority district in Dallas... | 13766275680311084903 | 1,346 |
Q525790 | Cadillac Place
General Motors Building
After much pressure by the General Motors Board of Directors, William C. Durant agreed in 1919 to construct a permanent headquarters in Detroit for the company he formed in 1908. The corporation purchased the block between Cass and Second on West Grand Boulevard and removed the ... | 4147389452930135497 | 1,245 |
Q611983 | Beauvais–Tillé Airport
American use
It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 3 September 1944 during the Northern France Campaign. Almost immediately, the United States Army Air Forces IX Engineer Command 818th Engineer Aviation Battalion cleared the airport of mines and destroyed Luftwaffe aircraft. Little bat... | 1145156977185957485 | 927 |
Q835702 | Corel
History
Corel was founded by Michael Cowpland in 1985 as a research laboratory. The company had great success early in the high-tech boom of the 1990s and early 2000s with the product CorelDRAW, and became, for a time, the biggest software company in Canada. In 1996 it acquired Novell WordPerfect and started co... | 17713732120916963418 | 1,227 |
Q3964765 | Sonia Grey
Early life
Grey received a degree in Communication Science, Information, and Marketing as well as a master's degree in neuro-linguistic programming. She began her acting career in 1988 when she performed in the show Dibattito! as Gianni Ippoliti on Italia 1. She went on to a larger role in 1990 when Antoni... | 17974550027233521358 | 825 |
Q4476175 | John Ward (trade unionist)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Ward CB CMG (21 November 1866 – 19 December 1934) was an English Liberal Party politician, trade union leader and soldier.
Early life
Ward was born at Oatlands, Weybridge, Surrey, the son of Robert and Caroline Ward. His father, a plasterer, died when he was three a... | 13096645034256260515 | 1,309 |
Q5049047 | Caspase-activated DNase
Function
Apoptosis is a cell self-destruct process that removes toxic and/or useless cells during mammalian development and other life processes. The apoptotic process is accompanied by shrinkage and fragmentation of the cells and nuclei and degradation of the chromosomal DNA into nucleosomal ... | 174453585141939248 | 1,485 |
Q4755592 | Andreas Petofi
Early years
Andreas Petofi claimed to be a wealthy Hungarian Aristocrat. He was an over-weight, grey curly-haired elderly man, with very poor eyesight. Most of his magical powers were centered in his severed right hand, which was called the Hand of Count Petofi by the gypsies. The hand, which could not... | 9937853290862083634 | 1,060 |
Q7879323 | Ulmus × hollandica 'Pitteurs'
Description
'Pitteurs' was a tall tree, chiefly distinguished by its large, rounded, convex leaves, < 20 cm long by < 19 cm broad, a little attenuate at the apex and with prominent venation. Kirchner and Petzold, describing a tree by that name from the Royal State Tree Nursery at Sansso... | 9019982488580461984 | 950 |
Q1044679 | Blinking
Blinking is a bodily function; it is a semi-autonomic rapid closing of the eyelid. A single blink is determined by the forceful closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrae superioris and the activation of the palpebral portion of the orbicularis oculi, not the full open and close. It is an ... | 3349647878962683399 | 1,348 |
Q874901 | Stanley Brouwn
Early life
On June 25, 1935, Stanley Brouwn was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. The anonymity Brouwn maintained as an artist extended to his personal life and therefore, there are no recounts of Brouwn’s life in Suriname.
Death
Stanley Brouwn died on 18 May 2017 in his hometown of Amsterdam.
Early Wor... | 3320342243800545511 | 1,302 |
Q1424307 | Lady in the Dark
Background
The musical's theme of psychoanalysis is said to be based on Hart's own experiences with psychoanalyst Gregory Zilboorg. Except for the final song, all the music in the play is heard in three extended dream sequences: the Glamour Dream, the Wedding Dream, and the Circus Dream, which, to s... | 13883282357923254224 | 1,232 |
Q3506061 | Suzanne Voilquin
Early life
Suzanne Voilquin (née Monnier) was born in Paris in 1801 to a working-class family. She received some convent education, and spent most of her youth nursing her dying mother, raising her little sister and working as an embroiderer.
Marriage and Saint-Simonism
Suzanne met and married Eug... | 10010854126012433400 | 963 |
Q2563751 | Jon Peters
Early life
Peters was born in Van Nuys, California as the son of Helen (née Pagano), a receptionist and Jack Peters, a cook who owned a Hollywood diner. He is of Cherokee (father) and Italian (mother) descent. His mother's family owned a renowned salon on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Jack Peters died when... | 16024371842908736469 | 1,075 |
Q6658671 | Liverpool–Manchester Megalopolis
Despite being rivals the two cities are connected in many ways with Liverpool and Manchester sometimes being considered parts of a large polynuclear metropolitan area or megalopolis. The total population of the area is over 5.6 million. The region is separated from the West Yorkshire ... | 4754005150671737645 | 1,151 |
Q6154253 | Janice Huff
Early years
As she has sometimes noted on her newscast, though born in New York City, at an early age she moved to her grandparents house in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from Eau Claire High School with honors, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, Secretary of the Student Counc... | 14907618342392323922 | 864 |
Q4357792 | Natalie Powers
Early career
Natalie Powers began acting at the age of seven when she played the youngest orphan in the first run of the hit musical Annie. Natalie was brought up with her two brothers in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. Natalie's parents, Peter and Gloria, recognised her talent and took her to audition... | 15091941758904808241 | 1,391 |
Q390299 | The Fan (1996 film)
Plot
Gil Renard is a divorced knife salesman, estranged from his son. He is also on the verge of losing his job due to poor sales, and his boss, Garrity, does not appreciate him as much as he used to. His favorite sport is baseball, and his favorite team is the San Francisco Giants, and his favori... | 18266925344888794743 | 947 |
Q1557545 | Guy Mariano
Early life
Mariano attended John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California.
Professional skateboarding
Val Surf, a Californian retail outlet, was Mariano's first ever sponsor. Mariano's first skateboard deck sponsor was Powell Peralta and he appeared in the company's video "Ban This", alongside Paulo... | 1153032710493612426 | 1,059 |
Q3339192 | Solanum erianthum
Taxonomy
Solanum erianthum is placed in the subgenus Brevantherum, section Brevantherum of Solanum.
Description
Potatotree is a fast-growing evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 2–8 m (6.6–26.2 ft). The grey or brown bark is smooth-lenticellate and the trunk is 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in)... | 686539868641760254 | 974 |
Q327778 | Diego Vigil Cocaña
Diego Vigil Cocaña (1799, Tegucigalpa, Honduras – 10 January 1845, Granada, Nicaragua) was a Central American politician. He was the last president of the Federal Republic of Central America (1839–40), during its disintegration. He was also chief of state of the federal states of Honduras (1829) and... | 15037016485742963565 | 930 |
Q64186 | Bad Zurzach
Geography
Bad Zurzach has an area, as of 2009, of 6.52 square kilometers (2.52 sq mi). Of this area, 1.64 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.78 km² (1.07 sq mi) or 42.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.82 km² (0.70 sq mi) or 27.9% is settled (buildings or roads), ... | 5128764075078738006 | 1,116 |
Q1647656 | Peter Rowan
Biography
Rowan was born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family. From an early age, he had an interest in music and eventually learned to play the guitar from his uncle. He formed the rockabilly band the Cupids in 1956.Influenced by the blues musician Eric Von Schmidt, Rowan traded his electric gui... | 102969188053449823 | 1,473 |
Q3314923 | Coal industry in Wales
The coal industry in Wales has played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Wales. Coal mining expanded in the eighteenth century to provide fuel for the blast furnaces of the iron and copper industries that were expanding in southern Wales. The industry had reached large proportions... | 11183122615280747747 | 1,272 |
Q7517281 | Sim Tze Tzin
Early life
Sim was born in George Town, Penang and attended Hu Yew Seah School for his primary education, later moving on to Chung Ling High School. In 1996, he joined the Reserve Army, and became a Junior Lieutenant in 1999. His interest in politics began after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and ... | 5101177461194757072 | 827 |
Q16829306 | Chatime
History
Henry Wang Yao-Hui founded Chatime in 2005 in Hsinchu, Taiwan, under the parent company, La Kaffa Coffee.
Expansion
The company opened its first outlet outside of Taiwan in California in 2006, followed by Australia in 2009, where it currently has over 70 stores. This was followed by Malaysia in 20... | 1501966402333966652 | 1,119 |
Q676036 | Trophallaxis
Trophallaxis (/ˌtroʊfəˈlæksɪs/) is the transfer of food or other fluids among members of a community through mouth-to-mouth (stomodeal) or anus-to-mouth (proctodeal) feeding. Along with nutrients, trophallaxis can involve the transfer of molecules such as pheromones, organisms such as symbionts, and info... | 3504412189094493387 | 1,402 |
Q252141 | New Left in Japan
The New Left (新左翼 shin-sayoku) in Japan refers to a 1960s Japanese movement that adopted the radical political thought of the Western New Left, breaking from the established Old Left of the Japanese Communist Party and Japan Socialist Party. In the 1970s the Japanese New Left became known for violent... | 17327822321914968789 | 840 |
Q264456 | NetBeans
NetBeans IDE
NetBeans IDE is an open-source integrated development environment. NetBeans IDE supports development of all Java application types (Java SE (including JavaFX), Java ME, web, EJB and mobile applications) out of the box. Among other features are an Ant-based project system, Maven support, refactor... | 2237025078062573126 | 830 |
Q7359983 | Rokeby (poem)
Synopsis
At Oswald's instigation Bertram makes an attempt on the life of Philip, which he mistakenly thinks has succeeded, and an attack on Rokeby Castle, in which the castle is set on fire. Wilfrid and Matilda, through the efforts of Redmond, are able to escape the blaze. It emerges that Redmond, now... | 7964546099041056161 | 1,079 |
Q22006459 | Legal Case
Background
Legal Case was a bay horse with no white markings bred in Ireland by Ovidstown Investments Ltd. He was sired by the dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alleged out of the mare Maryinsky. Alleged was a successful stallion, and a strong influence for stamina: his best winners included Miss Alleg... | 7512053224938690753 | 1,341 |
Q8036749 | Worlds of the Imperium
Plot summary
Brion Bayard, an American diplomat on assignment in Stockholm, Sweden, attempts to evade a man following him, only to find himself kidnapped by agents of the Imperium from a parallel world. Taken to the home world of the Imperium, he is introduced to the aristocratic members of the... | 16527309292353335798 | 856 |
Q5517109 | Gail Koff
Gail Joanne Koff (May 15, 1945 – August 31, 2010) was an American lawyer who became one of the lead partners in the law firm of Jacoby & Meyers, for which she helped establish a New York City office and develop a presence in the Northeastern United States. Koff was born in Manhattan on May 15, 1945, and was ... | 13611925507375873055 | 943 |
Q694233 | Surrey Iron Railway
Origins
By the end of the eighteenth century, a number of short plateways, such as those to the Caldon Low quarries and the Little Eaton Gangway, had been built. Their purpose was to convey a mineral to a nearby canal for onward transport.The original plan for a transport connection between Wandsw... | 17527748762464757739 | 1,118 |
Q6921923 | Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in Queenstown, Tasmania.Following consoli... | 3420905850648972302 | 915 |
Q596100 | Troy DeVries
Portland State Career
A Guard who transferred from Portland State after the 2002 fall semester. Played in five games at Portland State in the fall of 2002, costing him the entire 2002-03 year of eligibility. Finished as one of the top 3-pt and FG shooters in MWC history. Career 3-pt average of 45.0% is t... | 6480651396375004 | 801 |
Q17156063 | Tourism in Ghana
Tourism in Ghana is regulated by the Ministry of Tourism of Ghana, the Government of Ghana ministry is responsible for the development and promotion of tourism related activities in Ghana.
Tourist attractions and tourism statistics
Tourist arrivals to Ghana include South Americans (Latinos), Asians,... | 13981576072293125622 | 1,100 |
Q13712 | Tiber
Etymology
It is probable that the genesis of the name Tiber was pre-Latin, like the Roman name of Tibur (modern Tivoli), and may be specifically Italic in origin. The same root is found in the Latin praenomen Tiberius. There are also Etruscan variants of this praenomen in Thefarie (borrowed from Faliscan *Tifer... | 2021709461477514758 | 1,252 |
Q2165558 | The One I Love (manga)
Development
The One I Love was developed by Clamp—the all-female, manga artist team consisting of Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Nanase Ohkawa. The group decided on the theme of romance after considering the target audience of the manga magazine Monthly Young Rose, whose editors h... | 5559968921243754265 | 1,004 |
Q31358714 | Hywel Sele
Hywel Sele (died c. 1402) was a Welsh nobleman. A cousin of Owain Glyndŵr, Prince of Wales, he was a friend of Henry IV of England and opposed his cousin's 1400–1415 uprising. Sele was captured by Glyndŵr but is said to have accepted an invitation to hunt with his cousin on the Nannau Estate. Sele attempted... | 8510042026204634973 | 1,156 |
Q2015819 | Jizz in My Pants
Music video
The singing is done in soft British Received Pronunciation-style accents in the style of the Pet Shop Boys and their song "West End Girls", with Samberg additionally comparing the beat to the works of producer Timbaland. The video opens with Samberg in a night club singing as he is about ... | 8831957776688327491 | 853 |
Q4272827 | USS Walke (DD-34)
Pre-World War I
Upon commissioning, Walke was assigned to the 9th Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. After fitting out at Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, where she loaded torpedoes for training with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. During the fall and wint... | 5250033784120452785 | 1,172 |
Q1792594 | Frankfurt art theft (1994)
Three famous paintings were stolen from the Kunsthalle Schirn in Frankfurt in 1994. This case of art theft is unique in that the paintings were recovered by buying them back from the people behind the theft, resulting in a heavy profit for the Tate Gallery, owner of two of the paintings.
Th... | 5142222061347459942 | 1,161 |
Q20899439 | Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America
Synopsis
The book traces the history of U.S. foreign policy and military successes and failures from Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration through the Obama administration. The authors tell the story of what they describe as the unique role the United States has pl... | 8723373878184263377 | 967 |
Q5445974 | Fetter Lane
History
The street was originally called Faytor or Faiter Lane, then Fewteres Lane. This is believed to come from the Old French "faitor" meaning lawyer, though by the 14th century this had become synonymous with an idle person. Geoffrey Chaucer used the word to refer to the beggars and vagrants who were ... | 1974316511883592449 | 1,112 |
Q17039606 | Supernaut (Australian band)
History
Supernaut were formed as Moby Dick, a pub rock group, by British-born brothers Chris Burnham on guitar and Joe Burnham on drums. Fellow British immigrant, Gary Twinn, joined on lead vocals (ex-Sidewinders) in late 1974. Soon after Randall Murphy took up bass guitar and they changed... | 3207493214439032844 | 1,060 |
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