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Q7344072 Robert Emmet Smith (21 August 1914 – 2 August 1988) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film King Rat.
Q7049758 Noonday Creek Structure Number 16 is a category 1 (high hazard) earthen dam on Noonday Creek regulated by the Georgia Safe Dams Program, located a few yards north of Big Shanty Road in Kennesaw, GA. Construction was completed in 1956.
Q7545146 Smith Flats is a historic apartment house located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1895 and is a square, three story, flat roofed building faced with brick veneer. It features projecting three story bay windows, bracketed three tiered porches with turned posts and balustrades, and a...
Q4460045 "Fever" is the fourth and final single from the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine's third album, Fever. It is the only single from the album that does not have a music video. It peaked at #23 on iLike Library's Most Added chart.
Q2338447 "Summer Paradise" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan, featuring Somali-Canadian rapper K'Naan and Jamaican reggae artist Sean Paul. It was released on December 13, 2011 in Australia as the third official single from their fourth studio album, Get Your Heart On! (2011). It was written by Emanuel Kiriak...
Q6487560 Lanterman House is a bungalow-style historic house museum in La Cañada Flintridge, California on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was commissioned by Dr. Roy Lanterman in 1915 and was built by A. L. Haley (b. 1865), who was a prominent builder of both residences and commercial buildings in ...
Q5728410 Henry John Small (c.1881 – 5 June 1946) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Southampton and Manchester United in the 1900s.
Q7070045 Nurabad (Persian: نوراباد‎, also Romanized as Nūrābād) is a village in Astaneh Rural District, in the Central District of Shazand County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 438, in 116 families.
Q22003789 Daron Alfred Cruickshank (born 17 June 1986) is a Trinidadian cricketer who has played for both Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket.Cruickshank made his senior debut for Trinidad and Tobago in October 2008, playing in an exhibition match against England that was part of...
Q3392034 Platymantis biak or Luzon limestone forest frog is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, in particular to the Biak-na-Bato National Park on Luzon island. This terrestrial species lives in caves. It prefers low temperatures and is sensitive to temperature changes. ...
Q503757 Oberammergau (Southern Bavarian: Obaammagau) is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and across the world for its 380-year tradition of mounting Passion Plays.
Q239663 Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sarajevo was the most successful club from SR Bosnia in former SF...
Q119935 Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing character parts. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe for his supporting role in The Barefoot Contessa (19...
Q4983296 Buckland No. 491, Saskatchewan is a rural community in Canada near the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It was formed on December 11, 1911. It is a part of Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities SARM, Division 5.
Q271444 Villes is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Q2201547 X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shooter with eight levels set underwater. It was released by Rainbow Arts in 1989 for the Commodore 64, and in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.
Q6372332 Karl Vorse Krombein (26 May 1912 Buffalo, New York - September 6, 2005 Lorton, Virginia) was an American entomologist specializing in Hymenoptera.
Q2906926 The 1964 Detroit Lions season was the 35th season in franchise history.
Q6935055 Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2010 US census, approximately 9 million individuals or 2.9% of the populatio...
Q579731 Charles de Chambrun may refer to:Charles de Chambrun (1827-1880), French politician of the Pineton de Chambrun familyCharles de Chambrun (1875-1952), French diplomat, writer and member of the Académie françaiseCharles de Chambrun (1930–2010), French politician of the Pineton de Chambrun family, secretary of sta...
Q5584080 Goose Lake (Cape Breton) is a lake of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Q3768690 Tatia is a genus of small South American catfishes belonging to Auchenipteridae, the driftwood catfish family.
Q2461503 Lyutovo (Bulgarian: Лютово) is a village in the municipality of Belitsa, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is located approximately 15 km east of Belitsa and 85.5 kilometres southeast from Sofia. As of 2010 it had a population of 242 people. The population is Muslim of pomak origin.
Q3451455 Pöitse is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia.Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Leisi Parish.
Q7489163 The Mausoleum of Shaohao (Chinese: 少昊陵; pinyin: Shǎohào Líng) is located in the north-east of Jiuxian Village, on the eastern outskirts of the city of Qufu in Shandong Province, China. The mausoleum complex honours Shaohao, the son of the first mythical Chinese ruler (the Yellow Emperor) and one of the mythica...
Q15852601 The historic territory of Verden (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːɐ̯dən]) emerged from the Monarchs of the Frankish Diocese of Verden in the area of present-day central and northeastern Lower Saxony and existed as such until 1648. The territory managed by secular lords for the bishops was not identical with that o...
Q1029453 The Gyermekvasút (English: Children's Railway) or Line 7 is a narrow gauge railway line in Budapest, which connects Széchényi-hegy and Hűvösvölgy and is 11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi) long. The former name of the line was Úttörővasút (Pioneer Railway, in reference to the communist scouts), and now the official desig...
Q6775822 Martin John Callanan, FRSA (born 1982 in Solihull, West Midlands) is a British conceptual artist working in London and Scotland. He has lectured at the Slade School of Fine Art since 2008. Key exhibitions include White Cube Mason's Yard, Or Gallery, Berlin, Casal Solleric, Spain, Whitechapel Gallery, London, I...
Q143443 Astroloba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, native to the Cape Province of South Africa.
Q27996076 Rana Ratan Singh was ruler of Umerkot belonging to Sodha subclan of Rajputs. Rana had rebelled against British rule, he was charged for treason and was hanged in Umarkot Fort by the British in the 1850s.
Q6124077 Jainism has been present in Maharashtra since ancient times. The famous Ellora Caves demonstrate that Jainism was part of a thriving religious culture in Maharashtra in premodern times.
Q555921 St.-Quirin-Platz is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U1 line of the Munich U-Bahn system.
Q5025385 Cambridge Christian School (CCS) is a co-educational, private, non-denominational Christian school serving grades PreK–12, located in Tampa, Florida, United States. CCS is a college preparatory school accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools, Christian Schools of Florida, the National Council f...
Q1027737 Calvin Township may refer to:Calvin Township, Jewell County, KansasCalvin Township, MichiganCalvin, Ontario, Canada, a township
Q6536788 Lewis Lempereur-Palmer is a young English actor. He has appeared in The Khomenko Family Chronicles staged at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007. His performance as a Ukrainian boy suffering from ill health owing to the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster won the praise of London's theatre critics, with The Stage ...
Q6623431 Before the Republic of India was established on 26 January 1950, all Indian subjects of the princely states and Indian rulers were entitled to substantive knighthoods (the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire). Those Indian rulers who received other British orders of knighthood were on...
Q2284316 Unify, is an Atos SE company.Unify is headquartered in Munich, Germany and is present in over 100 countries. The company provides software-based enterprise unified communications including voice, Web collaboration, video conferencing and contact center, networking product and services.Until January 21, 2016 Un...
Q3047173 Ed Gass-Donnelly (born August 17, 1977) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His first full-length film, This Beautiful City, was released in 2008 and nominated for four Genies at the 29th Genie Awards. In January 2011 Gass-Donnelly was selected as one of the top ten film makers to watch by ...
Q4998001 Buon viaggio pover'uomo is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina.
Q4695938 Ahmed Mubarak H.S. Al Shafi (أحمد مبارك آل شافي) (or spelled as Ahmad) (born 21 October 1974) is a former Qatari footballer.He played the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saudi Arabia on 11 October 1997.He also played at 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Q4660196 "A Tombstone Every Mile" is a song written by Dan Fulkerson and recorded by American country music artist Dick Curless. It was released in January 1965 as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song stayed at number five for two weeks and spent a total of seventeen weeks on the chart. The song re...
Q5288565 The Dohne Merino (Dohne, El Dohne Merino) is a breed of domestic sheep from South Africa. The breed was started in the late 1930s by the South African Department of Agriculture. It was developed by interbreeding Peppin-style Merino ewes and German Mutton Merino rams. The Dohne Merino is a dual purpose breed ...
Q5023343 Caloptilia clastopetra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Karnataka and Maharashtra).The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark purple-grey, finely speckled with grey-whitish. The hindwings are dark grey.The larvae feed on Clerodendron infortunatum. They mine the leaves of thei...
Q5456083 Five Points is an unincorporated community in the town of Akan, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
Q5367830 Elton is an unincorporated community located within Manalapan Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.The community of Elton is located near the intersection of County Route 537 (Monmouth Road) and County Route 524 (Elton-Adelphia Road), at the Freehold Township border. JB's Diner was a 1950s s...
Q4952592 Catherine Madeleine Hansson (born 26 March 1958 in Malmö) is a Swedish actress. She studied at Malmö Theatre Academy 1976–79.
Q5741139 Abbasa (Persian: عباسا‎, also Romanized as ‘Abbāsā) is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,380, in 562 families.
Q20997998 Strock (otherwise Ströck) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Albert Ströck (1903–71), Romanian-Hungarian soccer playerCarl A. Strock (born c. 1948), United States Army officerDon Strock (born 1950), American football player and coachGeorge Strock, American photojournalistIan Randal Strock, ...
Q25022157 The FIRM (stylized as The FIRM) is a brand of exercise videos and equipment currently owned by Gaiam. The original "The FIRM" videos are best known for popularizing a hybrid of aerobic exercise and weight training.
Q10759604 Eupeodes volucris, the bird hover fly, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Q217153 The M1903 Springfield, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. It was officially adopted as a United States military bolt-action rifle on June 19, 1903, an...
Q1321231 Frederik's Church (Danish: Frederiks Kirke), popularly known as The Marble Church (Marmorkirken) for its rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Copenhagen, Denmark. The church forms the focal point of the Frederiksstaden district; it is located due west of Amalienborg Palace.
Q11402208 Hōjō Akitoki (北条顕時; 1248 – 7 May 1301) was a Japanese military leader during the Kamakura period (1185–1333). He was the third head of the Kanesawa-ryū of the Hōjō clan.Akitoki was the son of Kanezawa Sanetoki and a daughter of Hōjō Masamura. In 1257 Akitoki had his genpuku coming-of-age ceremony under the ...
Q14935177 Keilor North is a suburb 24 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located with the City of Brimbank local government area. Keilor North recorded a population of 67 at the 2016 Census. It is identified as one of Melbourne's areas of natural significance. Its close proximity to the Organ Pipes Nation...
Q6324929 KAHM (102.1 FM, "Beautiful Music") is a radio station broadcasting the Beautiful music format. The station is licensed to Prescott, Arizona & serves the Prescott/Flagstaff/Phoenix area. It first began broadcasting on September 9, 1981.
Q1748026 HD 2767 is the primary component of a double star located 115 parsecs (380 ly) away in the constellation Andromeda. It is a red giant with a spectral type of K1III and an apparent magnitude of 5.88, thus is visible by the naked eye under favourable conditions.The secondary is named BD+32 81, has an apparent ma...
Q8070256 Zhang Lei (born 23 March 1979 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a female Chinese foil fencer. She competed at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Q7559768 Somers Cove Marina is a marina owned by the state of Maryland and governed by a seven-member Commission. It is located in Crisfield, Somerset County. 37°58.6 N, 75°51.9 WThe perfect marina for boating, sailing and fishing on the Chesapeake Bay and the Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds. Home to charter boats, head b...
Q6599162 This is an incomplete list of notable films shot in the Techniscope format. As of May 2011, The Internet Movie Database lists over 1,200 films shot in the Techniscope format. Notable titles include:
Q910341 Kanae Oki (Japanese: 沖 佳苗, Hepburn: Oki Kanae, born July 20, 1984) is a Japanese voice actress. She has had several starring roles in anime shows such as Love Momozono / Cure Peach in Fresh Pretty Cure, Hazuki Makino in Loups=Garous, Akie Takasugi in Hell Girl: Three Vessels, Minamo Aoi in Real Drive. She also...
Q3379270 Philippe Autier (born 29 December 1956) is a Belgian epidemiologist. He is doing research on cancer, where he contributed to the understanding of the role of UV exposure in cancer development.
Q3827377 Glasgow Gaelic School (Scottish Gaelic: Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu) is a school in Glasgow, Scotland which teaches through the medium of Scottish Gaelic. This teaching method is commonly known as Gaelic medium education. The school has no catchment area as it serves the whole of Glasgow, as well as south-west S...
Q788699 Balázs Baji (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbɒlaːʒ ˈbɒji]; born 9 June 1989) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who specializes in the 60 metres hurdles and 110 metres hurdles.
Q6191597 Jiang Xishang (born 15 May 1980) is a Chinese professional field hockey player who represented China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team finished last in their group, and finished 11th after beating South Africa.
Q6592382 The birds listed below all belong to the biological order Pelecaniformes, and are native to North America.
Q22031821 The Robert Audience Award (Danish: Robert publikumsprisen) is one of the external awards presented occasionally by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award was first handed out in 1999.
Q19975696 Chris Haw (born 1981) is an important figure in New Monasticism. He was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church and attended Catholic churches as a child until his mother started attending Willow Creek Community Church, a megachurch located in the Chicago metropolitan area of Illinois, and he switched to atte...
Q20880431 Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamed Al Hamed (1929 – 2012) was the UAE’s first Minister of Information and Tourism and a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family. He was the media pioneer of the U.A.E.
Q25096546 Laid Low is the second extended play from Everything in Slow Motion. Facedown Records released the EP on April 22, 2016.
Q28230345 The Dejeasca is a left tributary of the river Geamăna in Romania. It flows into the Geamăna in the village Geamăna. Its length is 13 km (8.1 mi) and its basin size is 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi).
Q2322591 Clifford is a village in Lapeer County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. The village is within Burlington Township.
Q185044 Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is a retired Australian swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at...
Q2032623 The Astra-Torres airships were non-rigid airships built by Société Astra to a design by Spaniard Leonardo Torres Quevedo in France between about 1908 and 1922. They had a highly-characteristic tri-lobed cross-section rather than the more usual circular cross-section. This was the result of moving most of the b...
Q3743407 The Dublin to Sligo main line is a railway route operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland. It starts in Dublin Connolly station, terminating at Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station in Sligo. The route is double track as far as Maynooth, being single track with passing loops between there and Sligo.Between Dublin a...
Q1882812 Rubberwood is a light-colored medium-density tropical hardwood obtained from the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), usually from trees grown in rubber plantations. Rubberwood is commonly advertised as an "environmentally friendly" wood, as it makes use of plantation trees that have already served a useful ...
Q584449 The FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 was held at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip between 31 July and 28 August 1999. The championship was won by Russian Alexander Khalifman, making him the FIDE World Chess Champion.
Q5524976 Gary W. Dickinson (May 12, 1938 – March 26, 2000) was an automotive industry executive.
Q6629736 This is a list of museums in Bern, Switzerland.
Q8062697 Yōzō Toyoshima (豊島 陽蔵, Toyoshima Yōzō, 15 October 1852 – 9 February 1922) was the tenth mayor of Hiroshima from 29 January to 2 April 1914.
Q1554327 Gull Rock National Park is a small national park situated 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Albany in Western Australia. It was established in 2006, becoming Western Australia's 97th national park in the process. It is around 2,593 hectares (6,407 acres) in area.
Q7263012 Pygmalion and the Image is the second series of four oil paintings in the Pygmalion and Galatea series by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which was completed between 1875 and 1878. The two collections may be seen below, in the Gallery, the first being now owned by Lord Lloyd Webber, and the second...
Q7026038 Sir Nicholas Pelham (by 1513 – 15 September 1560) of Laughton, Sussex was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Sir William Pelham of Laughton, Sussex, and his first wife Mary Carew, sister of Sir Nicholas Carew. After his mother's death his father remarried Mary Sandys, sister of William Sandys, 1st...
Q4362707 Anastassiya Olegovna Pilipenko (Russian: Анастасия Олеговна Пилипенко; née Vinogradova; born 13 September 1986 in Almaty, Kazakh S.S.R.) is a Kazakhstani hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles.Her mother Elena and her father-coach Oleg are both former sprinters.
Q16746524 "Bleeding Through" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time, and the show's 62nd episode overall, which aired on April 20, 2014.In this episode, After Zelena steals Regina's heart, Regina casts a spell so that she can speak across the realms to her de...
Q17362473 Suzanne Wurtz (26 December 1900 – 27 July 1982) was a French swimmer. She competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 300 m freestyle events, but failed to reach the finals.
Q22022949 The 1904 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1904 Western Conference football season. In their seventh season under head coach James H. Horne, the Hoosiers compiled a 6–4 record and were outscored by their opponents by a comb...
Q22019707 Devilian was a fantasy massively multiplayer online action role-playing video game developed by Bluehole Ginno Games and published by Trion Worlds. In the game, the player assumes the role of a half-devil, known as a Devilian, which has two forms, a normal form and a devil form, which level up individually. ...
Q14301659 Gyomaendrőd (Hungarian: Gyomaendrődi járás) is a district in north-western part of Békés County. Gyomaendrőd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Q22074658 Alexandra Udženija (born 8 November 1975) is a Czech politician of Serbian descent. She studied economics at the University of Economics in Prague (VŠE) and other schools. In 2003 she joined the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and represented the party in Prague municipal politics. In 2014, she became the deputy...
Q30144225 Haeteriinae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 110 genera and 330 described species in Haeteriinae.
Q3050796 The following are lists of National Basketball Association (NBA) players.These lists include players from the American National Basketball League (NBL), the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and the original American Basketball Association (ABA). All of these leagues contributed to the formation of the...
Q5501594 Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is a state park of Utah, US, which interprets archaeological remains of the Fremont culture. The park is located in Sevier County, Utah in the Clear Creek Canyon.The park directly adjoins Interstate 70 as it travels up the Clear Creek Canyon, and thus is highly accessible ...
Q1526143 Jules White (born Julius Weiss; 17 September 1900 – 30 April 1985) was a Hungarian-born American film director and producer best known for his short-subject comedies starring The Three Stooges.
Q6773507 The Marshall Capital (later sold as the MCV Capital) was a single-decker bus body built originally by Marshall Bus between 1996 and 2002, and later by MCV Bus & Coach between 2002 and 2003. Initially launched on the step-entrance MAN 11.220 and then Iveco Eurorider chassis, the Capital found greater success af...
Q4847439 Helicostyla smaragdina is a species of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. The specific name "smaragdina" comes from "smaragdus,"" Latin for "emerald," and refers to the brilliant green of mature specimens. This name is commonly misspelled a...
Q4781224 Apple River Fort, today known as the Apple River Fort State Historic Site, was one of many frontier forts hastily completed by settlers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin following the onset of the 1832 Black Hawk War. Located in present-day Elizabeth, Illinois, United States, the fort at the Apple Ri...
Q7841832 Trigonometry is the second album by Saafir, under the alias Mr. No No. It was released on January 20, 1998, on Wrap Records and featured production from Saafir and Shock G.
Q4577973 The 1977–78 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' eleventh season of play.
Q7193600 The Pike River is a river of Minnesota, United States. The river was named on account of its stock of pike fish.
Q5182288 Crapo is an unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Crapo is located along Lakesville-Crapo Road on the east bank of the Honga River in the southern part of the county. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The name Crapo comes from "crapaud", which is th...