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Q4902072 Bhreathnach is a surname, and may refer to:Edel Bhreathnach, Irish historian and academicGearóidín Bhreathnach, Irish singerLinda Bhreathnach (born 1983), Irish television actressNiamh Bhreathnach (born 1945), Irish politician |
Q2739220 Đakus is a village in the municipality of Žitorađa, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 904 people. |
Q6802138 McLean Edwards (born 1972 in Darwin) is an Australian painter who currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. Edwards was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2013.Edwards is represented by Olsen Gallery in Sydney. He has had over 20 solo exhibitions. Edwards' work is collected widely ... |
Q3435548 Robert-Joseph Auguste (1723 – ca1805) was a sculptor and royal goldsmith to Louis XV and Louis XVI of France, whose coronation crown he made. Without a formal apprenticeship, Auguste was enabled to pursue his vocation by royal license, as an artist suivant le cour: he was often commissioned for works by the k... |
Q7262794 Pxr sRNA is a regulatory RNA which downregulates genes responsible for the formation of fruiting bodies in Myxococcus xanthus. Fruiting bodies are aggregations of myxobacteria formed when nutrients are scarce, the fruiting bodies permit a small number of the aggregated colony to transform into stress-resistant... |
Q1541740 Mammillaria vetula is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is endemic to the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Guanajuato and Querétaro. |
Q11738346 Kazimierz Sporny DFC was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 5 confirmed kills. |
Q1011271 The ruins of Bärnfels Castle (German: Burg Bärnfels) are the remains of a late mediaeval aristocratic castle on the southern edge of the village of Bärnfels in the municipality of Obertrubach in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in Bavaria.The ruins of the spur castle are freely accessible. |
Q159416 Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Persian: ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896), also Nassereddin Shah Qajar, was the King of Persia from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahān Khānom and the third longest reigning monarch in Iranian hi... |
Q2845110 Anagale is an extinct genus of mammal from the early Oligocene of Mongolia. Its closest living relatives are the rodents and lagomorphs.Anagale was 30 cm (1 ft) long and resembled a rabbit, but with a longer tail. Also, the build of its hind legs indicates that it walked, and did not hop. Judging from its shov... |
Q138738 The Bridge-Building Brotherhood (Fratres Pontifices in Latin, Frères Pontifes in French), is said to have been a religious association active during the 12th and 13th centuries and whose purpose was building bridges. |
Q4678750 Adam Bock is a Canadian playwright currently living in the United States. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the fall of 1984, Bock studied at the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. He is an artistic associate of the Shotgun Players, an award-winning San Francisco theater... |
Q3892489 Volleyball at the Lusophony Games was first held in the first edition in Macau, in 2006 when three teams in each men and women's competitions played. Portugal, Macau and India participated in male competition and Portugal, Macau and East Timor took part in women's competitions. |
Q3280216 The yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis) is a species of fish in the family Ictaluridae endemic to the southeastern United States. Historically, the yellowfin madtom was widespread throughout the upper Tennessee River drainage, but was thought to be extinct by the time it was formally described. |
Q374916 Nagano Station (長野駅, Nagano-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden). |
Q5156922 This uniform polyhedron compound is a composition of two truncated tetrahedra, formed by truncating each of the tetrahedra in the stellated octahedron. It is related to the cantic cube construction of the truncated tetrahedron, as , which is one of the two dual positions represented in this compound.The vertex... |
Q5076465 Charles Cordell (b. 5 October 1720; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 January 1791) was an English Roman Catholic priest. |
Q5512226 G. Estabrook is the pen name used by composer and singer Caroline Augusta "Gussie" Clowry (October 23, 1845 – April 18, 1897), whose opera The Joust was the first opera by an American woman to be published. With musical talent from an early age, "Gussie" had many songs published throughout her life, one of whi... |
Q2580350 Anna Szántó (born November 24, 1966 in Mátészalka) is a former Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where she collected the bronze medal with the Hungarian team. She played four matches and scored seven goals. |
Q4671832 Acanalonia is a genus of planthopper in the fulgorid family Acanaloniidae. |
Q7345251 Robert Hariman (born June 17, 1951) is an American scholar of rhetoric and public culture. He received his BA from Macalester College in 1973, and received his MA in 1975 and PhD in 1979 from the University of Minnesota. He was a member of the faculty at Drake University from 1979 to 2004, and since then has b... |
Q7684201 Tanzomat is the tenth studio album by German synthpop group And One, released in 2011. The album was released along with a live CD featuring recordings from their ongoing tour.A single, "Zerstörer", was released prior to the album, but only the two B-sides, "Sex Drive" and "No Song for You" appeared on the alb... |
Q7461507 Shahe (Chinese: 沙河; pinyin: Shāhé) is a town in the southwest of Ganyu County, in the north of Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. In 2009, it controlled 52 villages and had an area of around 130 square kilometres (50 sq mi), where about 108,000 people resided. |
Q1356821 The Holy Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Greek: Ιερός Καθεδρικός Ναός Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου Αλεξάνδρειας, romanized: Ieros Kathedrikos Naos Evangelismou tis Theotokou Alexandrias) is a trilateral basilica which was founded in the middle of the 19th century in Alexandria, Egypt. Its e... |
Q16998840 KWYN (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Wynne, Arkansas. The station broadcasts a Classic Country format and is owned by East Arkansas Broadcasters, Inc. |
Q5857599 Gujar (Persian: گوجر, also Romanized as Gūjar) is a village in Abtar Rural District, in the Central District of Iranshahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. |
Q17029902 The Hi-Point Model CF-380 is a polymer-framed, semi-automatic, blowback-operated pistol manufactured by Hi-Point Firearms.It is chambered in .380 ACP and is rated to accept +P ammunition. |
Q29960718 Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive currently under construction in the United States of America. Upon completion, estimated to be around 2030, the locomotive will be the 53rd addition to (and only extant example of) the Pennsylvania Railroad's T1 steam locomotive class. The... |
Q238789 Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889), better known as Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw.Belle associated with the James–Younger Gang and other outlaws. She was convicted of horse theft in 1883. She was fatally shot in 1889 in a case that is still officially unsolved.... |
Q1400092 The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as Federa... |
Q167774 Robbie Gee (born 24 March 1964) is a British actor, best known for his Desmond's character "Lee Stanley", for appearing in Guy Ritchie's crime caper Snatch, and for his comedy roles in TV series like The Real McCoy and The Crouches. He also appeared in the movie Mean Machine, playing "Trojan", Pirates of the Ca... |
Q1787673 Japeri (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒapeˈɾi]) is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. This city was founded on June 30, 1991. Is very known to be located next to the last station of the largest branch of the railroad of Brazil (Central do Brasil), whose image has been stam... |
Q527521 The Palyavaam River (Russian: Паляваам) is a stream in Far East Siberia flowing in a roughly westward direction. It passes through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra and flows into the East Siberian Sea at the Chaunskaya Bay. Its mouth is very close to the mouth of the Chaun River.The Palyavaam... |
Q1100185 Sacé is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. |
Q5440724 Federation Bells is an installation comprising 39 upturned bells. Located in Birrarung Marr, Melbourne, they were created for celebrations of the centenary of Australia's federation in 2001. They were designed by Anton Hasell and Neil McLachlan in collaboration with Swaney Draper Architects. To achieve the aco... |
Q4162189 This article lists the discography of American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. |
Q1760319 Parades is the second full-length album by the Danish group Efterklang. It marks the first time that the band work with an outside influence; after eighteen months of recording, the band drafted in British producer/engineer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy) to create the final mixes together wi... |
Q5159980 Confession is an Australian metalcore band from Melbourne, Victoria. The band was formed in 2008 by frontman Michael Crafter, who is best known as the former lead vocalist of metalcore bands I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian and Bury Your Dead. They have released one EP entitled Can't Live, Can't Breathe, an... |
Q7891549 The 1998 United States Senate election in Iowa was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Chuck Grassley sought re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate, running against former State Representative David Osterberg, who won the Democratic nomination unopposed. Grassley... |
Q16146916 Francisco Jovel Álvarez Rivera (born November 24, 1982 in El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional footballer, who currently plays as a defender. |
Q4770866 Anthony Whiting better known as Ant Whiting is a British songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He has worked as a producer and songwriter with artists such as John Newman and Rizzle Kicks. |
Q6918073 Motootua is a settlement in Samoa. It is home to the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital. |
Q2566657 Layda Elena Sansores San Román (born 7 August 1945) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Citizens' Movement. She currently serves as senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Campeche. She also served as senator during the LVI and LVII legislatures and as deputy of the Chamber... |
Q2448266 Willem Egbert (Wim) Saris (born 8 July 1943) is a Dutch sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Methodology especially known for his work on "Causal modelling in nonexperimental research". and on measurement errors (MTMM analyses, development of the SQP program, and of procedures to correct for me... |
Q1714991 Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (13 July 1842, Berlin – 14 September 1915, Berlin) was a German painter and graphic artist. He did portraits and landscapes, but is best known as a painter of animals. |
Q25004580 Count Arnaldo Casella Tamburini, Jr. (January 24, 1885 - September 12, 1936) was an Italian artist who took his own life in Chicago, Illinois. |
Q20713435 Paul McSwiney or Paul Mac Swiney (1856 – 17 November 1890) was an Irish composer and dramatist who emigrated to the United States. A talented artist with a number of pioneering performances in both Cork and New York, he unsuccessfully tried to save the Irish language among the New York Irish. |
Q26266238 Eli Colin Snyman (born 25 January 1996) is a Zimbabwe-born South African rugby union player for Italian side Benetton in the Pro14. His regular position is lock. |
Q4654347 ASSIST (the Assembler System for Student Instruction and Systems Teaching) is an IBM System/370-compatible assembler and interpreter developed in the early 1970s at Penn State University by Graham Campbell and John Mashey. plus student assistants.In the late 1960s, computer science education expanded rapidly a... |
Q127429 Allianz Arena [ʔaˈli̯ants ʔaˌʁeːnaː] is a football stadium in Munich, Bavaria, Germany with a 75,000 seating capacity. Widely known for its exterior of inflated ETFE plastic panels, it is the first stadium in the world with a full colour changing exterior. Located at 25 Werner-Heisenberg-Allee at the northern e... |
Q7824000 The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF, also called Tooele Chemical Demilitarization Facility) or TOCDF, is a U.S. Army facility located at Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele County, Utah that was used for dismantling chemical weapons. |
Q6131536 The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street, also known as The Puritan Widow, is an anonymous Jacobean stage comedy, first published in 1607. It is often attributed to Thomas Middleton, but also belongs to the Shakespeare Apocrypha due to its title page attribution to "W.S.". |
Q7828009 Total Eclipse was a comic book mini-series in five parts published by Eclipse Comics in 1988. The title was a cross-company crossover in the style of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and intended to bring all of Eclipse's characters together, no matter how obscure or bizarre, many of whom were acquisitions from defu... |
Q1193116 Turtle Rock Studios formerly Valve South is an American video game developer founded in March 2002 by Michael Booth. It was acquired by Valve Corporation in 2008, but was re-founded in 2011 as an independent company by Phil Robb and Chris Ashton. Turtle Rock Studios is involved in the creation of original titl... |
Q43071 Galbiate (Brianzöö: Galbiàa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Milan and about 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Lecco. Galbiate borders the following municipalities: Annone di Brianza, Civate, Colle Brianza, Ello, Gar... |
Q497277 Chae Ji-hoon (Hangul: 채지훈; Hanja: 蔡智薰; born 5 March 1974) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater |
Q5569478 Not to be confused with the former Glenwood High School in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio which merged to form GlenOak High SchoolGlenwood High School (GHS) is a public high school in New Boston, a village located in Scioto County in the southern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the only high school ... |
Q1544331 Kraków szopka [ˈkrakuf ˈʂɔp.ka] or nativity scene (crib, crèche) (Polish: Szopka krakowska) is a Christmas tradition originating from Kraków, Poland, and dating back to the 19th century. An unusual and characteristic feature of the szopka is the use of historical buildings of Kraków as backdrop for the Nativit... |
Q7265825 Qagbasêrag is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. |
Q4665318 Abdul Moktar Dialo (born December 23, 1985, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) is a footballer. |
Q5623007 Guzmania desautelsii is a plant species in the genus Guzmania. This species is native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. |
Q1075626 Polski Izvor is a village in Kameno Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. |
Q5191985 Cubah Cornwallis (died 1848) (often spelled Coubah, Couba, Cooba or Cuba) was a nurse or "doctoress" and Obeah woman who lived in the colony of Jamaica during the late 18th and 19th Century. |
Q14948910 William Craig, Lord Craig FRSE LLD (1745–1813) was a Scottish judge and essayist. |
Q20713585 Blair Millar (born 16 October 1956), is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Clydebank, Airdrieonians and Kilmarnock. |
Q24951427 Kalki is a small village in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state in Western India. The 2011 Census of India recorded a total of 641 residents in the village. Kalki's geographical area is 515 hectares (1,270 acres). |
Q1588546 Hasret Kayikçi (born 6 November 1991) is a German football player of Turkish origin. She plays as a striker for SC Freiburg and the German national team. |
Q27229846 Amikumu ( ah-mee-KOO-moo; Esperanto pronunciation: [a.mi.ˈku.mu]) is a cross-platform app for smartphones (Android and iOS) which can be used to find people nearby who speak or learn the same languages as the user. The app was launched for Esperanto speakers on 22 April 2017 and for speakers of all languages ... |
Q953120 John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (c. 1425 – 22 August 1485), was an English nobleman, soldier, politician, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of King Richard III, with whom he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. |
Q275025 Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (Mongolian: Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал, Jumƶaagiin Cedenbal, ᠶᠠᠭᠤᠮᠠᠵᠢᠭᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠼᠡᠳᠡᠨᠪᠠᠯ, [jumt͡ʃɑɡiːŋ t͡sʰɪtənpɑɮ] Russian: Юмжагийн Цэдэнбал, romanized: Yumjagyn Tsedenbal, [jʊmʐɐˈɡɪjn t͡sɪdɪnˈbɑɫ]; 17 September 1916 – 20 April 1991) was the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1940 to 198... |
Q3349169 Odette is a 1950 British war film based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against ... |
Q4707286 Alan McIndoe (born 14 May 1964) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative wing, he played club football in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Illawarra Steelers, with whom he topped the Leag... |
Q6769419 Mark Richardson (born 31 October 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).Recruited from Macleod, Richardson came from a strong footballing family. His father Wayne and uncle Max were both Collingwood players while Mark's grandfather Arn... |
Q7462424 Shaikh Nazrul Bakar (21 December 1913 – 26 September 1966), also known as S. N. Bakar, was a prominent civil servant of British India and later Pakistan. |
Q7252059 Proton Motorsports is rally team of car manufacturer Proton, currently competing with the Proton Satria Neo S2000 in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. The team partner is British based Mellors Elliot Motorsport (MEM). |
Q7240434 Premio Lo Nuestro 2012 was held on Thursday February 16, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena and was broadcast live on the Univision Network. The nominees were announced on December 1, 2011 during a live televised show "Gala de Nominados", hosted by Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan from El Gordo y la Flaca on U... |
Q7886846 Uniontown Area High School is a comprehensive public high school serving around 975 students in grades 9-12 who reside in the Uniontown Area School District in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. |
Q213008 Adwoa Yamoah (born November 21, 1986) is a Ghanaian-Canadian beauty pageant contestant who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe Canada 2012 and represented Canada in the Miss Universe 2012 pageant after the winner Sahar Biniaz allegedly hurt her foot a few days before the pageant was about to start. |
Q2281774 The Battle of Marj Rahit (Arabic: معركة/يوم مرج راهط, Yawm Marj Rāhiṭ) was one of the early battles of the Second Islamic Civil War. It was fought on 18 August 684 between the Kalb-dominated armies of the Yaman, supporting the Umayyads under Caliph Marwan I, and the Qays under al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri, who... |
Q17091248 Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor who has appeared in over 35 motion pictures (including some yet to be released), three television programs, one commercial, and four music videos. He made his film debut in 1991 with a minor role in the comedy-drama City Slickers. In 1993, he appeared in A Dangerous Woman,... |
Q5790278 Nemat Sara (Persian: نعمتسرا, also Romanized as Ne‘mat Sarā) is a village in Bibalan Rural District, Kelachay District, Rudsar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 497, in 132 families. |
Q17199155 Wilder is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas, in the United States. Wilder is located at 39°02′35″N 94°52′11″W. |
Q10278371 Eutorna is a genus of gelechioid moths. |
Q20683935 The disappearance of Charles Bothuell V was a controversial case of a Detroit teenager who disappeared and was found imprisoned in the basement of his family home in 2014. His father, Charles Bothuell IV, and stepmother, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, were charged with torture and child abuse. In 2016, Bothuell IV... |
Q21078504 Peter Lawrence John Aloysius Pender (23 July 1887 – 1 November 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). |
Q25683089 Joseph Colón (born February 18, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. |
Q22908831 Sky On Demand is a video on demand service exclusively available to Sky subscribers in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by Sky Cable Corporation, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. It allows users who are subscribed to either Sky Cable, Sky Broadband, Sky Direct or Sky Mobi to watched on demand contents from m... |
Q38250664 The Weaver Viaduct, in the north of Cheshire on the M56, is one of the longest concrete viaducts on the British motorway network. |
Q3826158 DSCAM and Dscam are both abbreviations for Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule. In humans, DSCAM refers to a gene that encodes one of several protein isoforms.Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy 21, is the most common birth defect associated with intellectual disability. DSCAM plays a crucial role in the de... |
Q45123 "Over There" is a 1917 song written by George M. Cohan, that was popular with the United States military and public during both world wars. It was a patriotic song designed to galvanize American young men to enlist in the army and fight the "Hun". The song is best remembered for a line in its chorus: "The Yanks ... |
Q2566762 Whipping Boy are an Irish alternative rock band who were mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. The band reformed briefly in 2005 for a series of shows. 2011 saw Whipping Boy emerge again, this time without Paul Page and Myles McDonnell. The Whipping Boy Periscopes Up tour summer 2011 saw Joey (bass) and Finn... |
Q3675051 Sweden has participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 11 times since its inception in 2003. Two broadcasters have been responsible for Sweden's entries at Junior Eurovision - from 2003 to 2005 Sveriges Television (SVT) was responsible, before withdrawing with other Nordic broadcasters. From 2006 to 200... |
Q3743393 The Paris Sisters were a 1960s American girl group from San Francisco, California, United States, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. |
Q3475791 Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire had spanned many years. During its 600-year reign, the Ottoman Empire made significant advances in science and technology, in a wide range of fields including mathematics, astronomy and medicine.The Islamic Golden Age was traditionally believed to have ended in the ... |
Q2621444 This article refers to Atreyee or Atrai river. For other articles regarding Atreyee see Atreyee (disambiguation).For the video game company, see AtariAtrai River (also spelt as Atreyee) (Bengali: আত্রাই/আত্রেয়ী নদী) flows in West Bengal and northern parts of Bangladesh.In ancient times the river was called At... |
Q5175738 Cotton Traders is a British clothing company, specialising in rugby apparel and leisurewear, based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1987 by former England national rugby union team captains Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. |
Q325699 Franz Joseph Clement (November 17 or 18?, 1780 – November 3, 1842), was an Austrian violinist, pianist, composer, conductor of Vienna's Theater an der Wien, and a friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. |
Q705371 The House of Lippe (German: Haus Lippe) is the former reigning house of a number of small German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980-2013), is an agnatic member of this house. |
Q4897222 Beta-mannosidase (EC 3.2.1.25, mannanase, mannase, beta-D-mannosidase, beta-mannoside mannohydrolase, exo-beta-D-mannanase, lysosomal beta A mannosidase) is an enzyme with systematic name beta-D-mannoside mannohydrolase, which is in humans encoded by the MANBA gene. This enzyme catalyses the following chemica... |
Q5982171 Ian Macpherson is an Irish writer and performer. He is best known for his stand-up comedy (especially his work in alternative comedy of the 1980s) and for his comic novel, Deep Probings: The Autobiography of a Genius. In 2004, Deep Probings was featured as a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. He has also written a n... |
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