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Q5862561 Mian Sara (Persian: ميان سرا‎, also Romanized as Mīān Sarā) is a village in Mian Jam Rural District, in the Central District of Torbat-e Jam County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 565, in 124 families.
Q13391656 Archips tsuganus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado and North Carolina.Adults have been recorded on wing from June to September.The larvae feed on Tsuga species.
Q24865478 Tomomi Aoki (青木 智美, Aoki Tomomi, born 25 October 1994) is a Japanese swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Q28457766 A number of ships have been named Protector:Protector (1779 frigate) was a 26-gun sixth-rate of the Massachusetts Navy launched in 1779 at Newburyport, Massachusetts, that HMS Roebuck and HMS Medea captured on 5 May 1781; the British Royal Navy renamed her HMS Hussar, and sold her in 1783.Protector was a ship...
Q60425 Meppel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛpəl] (listen)) is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the province Drenthe.It developed in the 16th century as a transport and distribution inland harbour for turf. There used to be a lot of waterways in the town, but now only one r...
Q1989904 Greenville is the county seat and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States; the principal city of the Greenville metropolitan area; and the 11th-most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's T...
Q570604 The Miljacka (Cyrillic script: Миљацка) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo.
Q3813969 Katima Mulilo Urban is a constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia, covering the capital city of the region, Katima Mulilo. As of 2004, the Constituency had 10,778 registered voters.
Q2867705 Association francophone pour le savoir (before: l'Association Canadienne-Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences "ACFAS" or "Acfas") is the principal French-language learned society in Canada and, particularly, Quebec.The Acfas was founded in 1923 as the Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des ...
Q1463840 The Tango Desktop Project was an open-source initiative to create a set of design guidelines and to provide a consistent user experience for applications on desktop environments. The project created a set of icons known as the Tango Icon Library and that were described as a "proof of concept". The Tango Deskto...
Q1326831 The Jingkang Incident (靖康事變; Jìngkāng shì biàn), also known as the Humiliation of Jingkang (靖康之恥; Jìngkāng zhī chǐ) and the Disorders of the Jingkang Period (靖康之亂; Jìngkāng zhī luàn) took place in 1127 during the Jin–Song Wars when the forces of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty besieged and sacked Bianjing (present...
Q631170 Ayaş is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 58 km from the city of Ankara which is very rich for historical monuments. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 21,239 of which 7,839 live in the urban center of Ayaş. The district covers an area of 1,112...
Q3514293 Takehisa Yaegashi (born 1943) is a retired engineer for Toyota Motor Corporation. He led the team that developed the Prius and, though retired, still works as a consultant for Toyota. He is known as "Mr. Hybrid."
Q7606295 Stefan Szlaszewski (25 May 1892 – 1959?) was a Polish military officer and a notable commander of mountain troops of the Polish Army in the period preceding World War II. Serving at the rank of Colonel, he was the commanding officer of the Polish 2nd Podhale Rifles Regiment in Sanok, a prestigious unit of the ...
Q1793641 Érico Cardoso is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
Q679911 This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Basel-Landschaft from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality and contains 36 individual buildings, 6 collections and 22 archaeological finds.The...
Q15433983 James Bragge was a well known and respected photographer in New Zealand during the mid-to-late 19th century. Born in England, he moved to New Zealand when he was in his thirties. He opened a photography studio and also took photographs on travels around the country. The product of these serve as a record of t...
Q18041694 The Coiled-Coil Domain Containing Protein – 25 (CCDC25) is a human protein whose function is not presently understood.
Q5162441 Conquest of Mind is a book that describes practices and strategies for leading the spiritual life. Written by Eknath Easwaran, the strategies are intended to be usable within any major religious tradition, or outside of all traditions. The book was originally published in the United States in 1988. Multiple re...
Q2160338 André Albanez Rienzo (born July 5, 1988) is a Brazilian professional baseball pitcher for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins. Rienzo represented Brazil in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He became the ...
Q15729139 Gunpoint is a stealth-based puzzle-platform video game created by indie developer Tom Francis. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on 3 June 2013, and soon followed with versions for OS X and Linux.The game is set in the near future and sees players assume the role of freelance spy Richard Conway, who...
Q22059361 The How Houses are a trio of Federal period houses on adjacent lots facing Danforth and Pleasant Streets in Portland, Maine. Built between 1799 and 1818, they are a surviving reminder of how the surrounding area was once developed; they are now surrounded by more modern commercial properties. They were list...
Q4977558 Gustaviana Schröder (1701 - 30 May 1763) was a Swedish court singer and member of the Kungliga Hovkapellet from 1740 to 1763. She was one of five women to have been official members of the Royal Orchestra in the Age of Liberty.
Q28864259 Roger Birrer (born 17 September 1963) is a Swiss swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Q955506 Niarada is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead, Lake, and Sanders counties in the U.S. state of Montana. The population was 27 at the 2010 census, down from 50 at the 2000 census.
Q475802 Zaranj or Zarang (Persian/Pashto/Balochi: زرنج‎) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, near the border with Iran, which has a population of 160,902 people as of 2015. It is the capital of Nimruz province and is linked by highways with Lashkar Gah to the east, Farah to the north and the Iranian city of Zabol to...
Q923684 Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard, USAF is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, which chronicles a civilian operation exploring the Pegasus Galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Portrayed by Joe Flanigan, Sheppard holds the m...
Q134097 Anampses is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Q4938445 Liza Berggren (born 6 February 1986, in Mölndal, Sweden) is a Swedish fashion model and former Miss World Sweden.
Q6922126 Mount McNicoll is a mountain in the northern Selkirks in Glacier National Park, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located southeast of Mount Pearce. It is the fifth-highest peak in its range. It is on the Columbia River drainage. Mount McNicoll is named for David McNicoll (1852–1916), the genera...
Q7377350 Rudolf Vanmoerkerke (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrydɔlf fɑˈmuːrkɛrkə]; 7 October 1924 – 4 December 2014) was a Belgian businessman and a pioneer of the Belgian travel industry. He was the former president of the basketball club Sunair (later Telindus, now Base) Oostende.
Q7071986 O, Vrba is a key Slovene pre-war documentary film. It was commissioned by the Educational Union (Slovene: Prosvetna zveza), directed by Mario Förster and produced in 1941 under the auspice of the company Emona Film. Its first internal premiere took place in the beginning of 1942. Due to the cultural silence im...
Q6283653 Joseph Henry Cook (November 11, 1829 – March 7, 1921) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1890 as a Liberal member.He was born in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, the son of Benjamin Cook and Lucy Maria Came...
Q7869799 USS Grainger (AK-184) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the final months of World War II. In 1947 she was placed back in service and served in the Korean War, earning two battle stars
Q927898 Tenente Giorgio Pessi (alias Giuliano Parvis) was a World War I flying ace born in Austro-Hungary who chose to fly for Italy. He was credited with six aerial victories.
Q6612656 This is a list of compositions by Carl Loewe.
Q7603333 State Highway 62 (SH 62) is a State Highway in Kerala, India that starts in Guruvayoor and ends in Kundukadavu. The highway is 28.97 km (18 mi) long.
Q1641725 Sabine Andresen was born 1966. She is professor of Educational Studies at Faculty of Education Science, Bielefeld University and vice rector for international affairs and corporate communication at Bielefeld University.
Q5277618 Dimitrios Vergos (Greek: Δημήτριος Βέργος, Agios Efstratios May 8, 1886 - Alexandria, Egypt January 3, 1956) was a Greek champion in wrestling, weightlifting and shot put.
Q6564007 This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart, in 2012.Sixty-two singles charted in the top ten during the year. Fifty acts scored a top-ten hit, with seventeen achieving their first hits as lead or featured artists. Rapper Nicki Minaj garnered five ...
Q10735705 Calathus mollis is a species of ground beetle from the Platyninae subfamily that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Andorra, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Switzerland, Vatican City, and various islands.
Q16186883 Randall Schmit (born 1955) is a contemporary American artist of Luxembourger and Dutch descent, working primarily in painting.
Q21063758 Christopher Gudgeon (born 1959) is an author, poet and screenwriter. He has contributed to numerous magazines – including Playboy, MAD and National Lampoon – and written almost 20 books, from critically acclaimed fiction and poetry like Song of Kosovo¸ Encyclopedia of Lies, Assdeep in Wonder and Greetings fro...
Q9346171 Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Ateistów i Wolnomyślicieli [SAIWA]) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1957 that aims to actively participate in the process of secularization of Polish society. The group is active in popularizing scientific knowledge about religion, ...
Q1809643 The Triumph Stag is a 2+2 sports tourer sold between 1970 and 1978 by the British Triumph Motor Company, styled by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti.
Q5592407 Graeme Taylor (born 2 February 1954 in Stockwell, South-West London) is a British guitarist.Taylor played lead guitar with 1970s medieval/rock band Gryphon, and leading folk rock bands including the Albion Band and Home Service. With Gryphon he had 4 best-selling LPs, and toured the U.S.A., supporting Yes at M...
Q16274755 Dun Pawl Branchel (Fr. Paul Branchel) was the first chaplain (Archpriest) of Zejtun. He was already chaplain in 1436 and stayed at this place till 1492. At that time the parish church of Zejtun was that of "San Girgor" (Saint Gregory),and also was smaller than today. The parish of Zejtun at that time was incl...
Q3170923 Elachorbis is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tornidae.
Q8015345 William McConnel (1810 – 10 October 1902) was a British industrialist and mill-owner from Lancashire, England. He founded the Aberdovey Slate Company that ran the Bryn Eglwys slate quarry from 1863 onwards and oversaw the construction of the associated Talyllyn Railway.
Q7750309 The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute was the way in which the University of Dayton referred to two of its units when they were administered as one entity for a few years. In 2017, the units returned to being administered independently, and each has its own presence on the Internet (see So...
Q7938529 Vladimir Nikolayevich Serov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Серов; born 9 September 1979) is a former Russian professional football player.
Q124588 Markus Eduard Fierz (20 June 1912 – 20 June 2006) was a Swiss physicist, particularly remembered for his formulation of spin-statistics theorem, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics, and statistical mechanics. He was awarded the Max Planck Medal in 1979 and the Alber...
Q2580569 Beatrix of the Netherlands has held numerous titles and honours, both during, before, and after her reign, including a number of historical titles.
Q7511830 Sifalimumab is a human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of SLE, dermatomyositis, and polymyositis. It targets interferon a.Sifalimumab was developed by MedImmune; as of 2017 development had been terminated in favor of moving a competing internal product, anifrolumab, into Phase III trials.
Q7089244 The Olympus PEN E-PL3 announced on June 30, 2011 is Olympus Corporation's seventh camera that adheres to the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system design standard. The E-PL3 succeeds the Olympus PEN E-PL2, and was announced in concert with two other models, the Olympus PEN E-P3 (the flagship version), and the Olympu...
Q5385115 Erbessa cuneiplaga is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1918. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.
Q7378730 Rui Tiago Caldas Carvalho (born 5 March 1991) known as Ruizinho, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.D. Santa Clara as a forward.
Q4783433 Arabic musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: string instruments (chordophones), wind instruments (aerophones), and percussion instruments. They evolved from ancient civilizations in the region.
Q15430021 Claude Houghton Oldfield (May 1889 – 10 February 1961), who published under the name Claude Houghton, was a British writer, principally of novels that have been characterised as "psychological romances, often embodying personal mysticism and a remote allegory".
Q15963957 The 62nd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 13–15 March 2014. The race was the second round of the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship, replacing the former American Le Ma...
Q34370836 Nathaniel Parrish Conrey (June 30, 1860 – November 2, 1936) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from October 1, 1935, to November 2, 1936. His 36 years on the bench place him among the longest serving judges in California history.
Q25096039 Antaeotricha pallicosta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).
Q21235723 The La Marmora III Cabinet held office from 31 December 1865 until 20 June 1866, a total of 171 days, or 5 months and 20 days.
Q27953661 Euna Kim (Korean: 유나킴; born October 27, 1994), is a Korean American singer and rapper based in South Korea. She appeared as a contestant on the South Korean survival reality shows Superstar K 3 (2011), Unpretty Rapstar 3 (2016), and The Unit (2017).
Q1836057 Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was certainly well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across ...
Q308538 Austrochloritis pusilla is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
Q7945605 W. Greg Ryberg is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 24th District from 1992 until 2012.
Q1204162 The potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula), also called the potato cod or potato bass, is a least concern fish as labeled by the IUCN Red List, and a native fish in Australia The potato grouper is also a native to many other Asian countries. It can reach a length of 2.6m and can weigh as much as 110kg.
Q5990485 "If I Love U 2nite" is a 1991 single by British singer Mica Paris.
Q7882604 Uncial 0289 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th or 8th century.
Q2621516 Dominia is a Russian melodic death metal band formed in Saint Petersburg in 1999.
Q5073689 Chara is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Q7407383 Osama Mohd Fathi Daghles, commonly known by the nickname Sam Daghles (born September 18, 1979), is an American-Jordanian professional basketball player of Palestinian origin. He last played for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the PBA.Born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, he lived in San Diego, California, where he play...
Q4570936 This is a list of spaceflights launched between April and June 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), 1962 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1962 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight.
Q4789536 Argha (Persian: ارغا‎, also Romanized as Arghā) is a village in Sheshtaraz Rural District, Sheshtaraz District, Khalilabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,519, in 673 families.
Q11823150 Bolesław III the Wrymouthed Monument in Płock (Polish: Pomnik Bolesława III Krzywoustego w Płocku) shows prince Bolesław III the Wrymouthed (ruler of Poland in the years 1107–1138, born on August 20, 1086 in Płock) on horseback, surrounded by a group of warriors walking with banners.The monument is made of li...
Q17053955 Cikgu Zainon Ismail is a well known writer and also a public speaker. He once served in the Taliban Army, during the Soviet–Afghan War.
Q17421747 Thomas George Rogers (1806-1903) was an Australian clergyman best known for his criticism of the convict settlement on Norfolk Island. He was the inspiration for the character Reverend North in the book For the Term of His Natural Life.
Q621439 Giovan Francesco Gonzaga, was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born on October 12, 1921 in Milan. He died on October 2, 2007 in Milan.
Q13817178 Martine Bras (born 17 May 1978) is a road cyclist from the Netherlands. She participated at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Women's team time trial for the Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team.
Q21068365 The following page is an alphabetical section from the list of PC games.
Q28317044 Palsang Lama is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Minerva Punjab in the I-League.
Q15111729 Golzower Busch is a forest in the south of the territory of Golzow in the county of Potsdam-Mittelmark in the German state of Brandenburg. It extends from the B 102 federal highway in the northwest, running towards the southeast for about four kilometres. Its maximum width is one kilometre.
Q14665269 Pseudocollinella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.
Q1129564 The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ; "Quebec Liberation Front"; French pronunciation: ​[fʁɔ̃ də libeʁasjɔ̃ dy kebɛk]) was a separatist and Marxist-Leninist terrorist and paramilitary group in Quebec. Founded in the early 1960s, it was a militant part of the Quebec sovereignty movement. It conducted a number...
Q4745424 The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society split off from the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1840 over a number of issues, including the increasing influence of anarchism (and an unwillingness to participate in the government's political process), hostility to established religion, and feminism in the lat...
Q33498885 Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ), commonly known as TKE or Teke, is a social college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899, at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada, making it an international organization. As of fall 2017 there were 246 active TKE chapter...
Q4665238 Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha (died aged 88) was an Iraqi chess player and former president of the Iraqi Chess Federation.He represented the Iraqi national team in the Chess Olympiad on three occasions, 1972 in Skopje, 1974 in Nice and 1984 in Thessaloniki. In the 1972 Olympiad he played the top board for Iraq which...
Q12740189 The Zăbala (in its uppermost course also: Zăbăluța) is a right tributary of the river Putna in Romania. Its source is in the Vrancea Mountains, close to the sources of the Putna, the Bâsca Mare and the Ghelința. It flows through the communes Nereju, Spulber, Paltin, Năruja. It discharges into the Putna near V...
Q3901177 The Ludix is a 50 cc (3.1 cu in) scooter made by Peugeot Motocycles which comes in various models including "One", "Snake" and the "Blaster RS12". The scooter comes in both air-cooled and water-cooled forms. The 'One' model is a single seat vehicle whereas other variants allowed for the carrying of pillion pas...
Q2695759 The broadhead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus) is an economically important air-breathing catfish that is a native of Southeast Asia. The fish is farmed in ponds for use in human consumption in countries such as Thailand (Thai: ปลาดุกอุย) and the Philippines. However, native populations now face extinction due ...
Q1754705 The Maerua Mall is a shopping complex in Windhoek, Namibia. Expanded to more than double its original size in 2006, Maerua Mall is now the third largest shopping mall in Namibia and contains a number of retail outlets, including Ackermans, @home, FNB, and Total Sports. Along with Wernhil Park Mall, the two ma...
Q4977648 Bruce Herman (born 1953) is an artist who holds the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in the art department of Gordon College. He achieved both a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts from the School for the Arts at Boston University, where he studied under Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Re...
Q4598677 Group A of the 2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2001 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the Group I play-off, the winner of which would advance to the bottom section of the World Group Play-offs, a...
Q4709777 Albert Bosquet (born 1882) was a Belgian sport shooter. Competing for Belgium, he won a silver medal in team clay pigeons at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Q5809807 Fathabad (Persian: فتح اباد‎, also Romanized as Fatḩābād) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.
Q5857730 Kurushabad (Persian: كوروش اباد‎, also Romanized as Kūrūshābād; also known as Darvīshābād and Dervishova) is a village in Oshnavieh-ye Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Oshnavieh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 255, in 45 families.
Q3343483 Norbert Beuls (13 January 1957 – 19 February 2014) was a Belgian footballer and football manager.
Q18142492 The phrase least common divisor is a confusion of the following two distinct concepts in arithmetic:Least common multipleGreatest common divisor
Q19689604 Timmowal is a village located near Jandiala Guru in the Amritsar District of Punjab, about 30 km from Jodhe and 4 km from Tangra.