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The 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1960 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), lost its only game to MAC champion Ohio (7–14), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 196 to 61. On October 29, 1960, the Falcons defeated Cal Poly, 50–6. After the game, the Cal Poly team was in a deadly C-46 plane crash while taking off from the Toledo airport. | Sports Team Season |
Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong (born 13 November 1976) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in long distances: five and ten kilometers. | Winter Sport Player |
The 2014 Internazionali di Tennis Castel del Monte was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Andria, Italy between November 15 and November 23, 2014. | Tournament |
Jiz Lee (born October 30, 1980) is the professional name of an American genderqueer pornographic actor, whom Steve Javors of AVN Magazine has called \"one of the major stars of the 'queer porn' set.\" | Actor |
Podington Castle, sometimes known as Puddington Manor Farm, was an 11th-century castle in the civil parish of Podington, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It was a Motte and triple bailey castle, surrounded by a moat, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being owned by Hugh the Fleming. The castle was in ruins prior to the early part of the 17th century, when a new Podington Manor, now referred to as \"Old Podington Manor\", had been built just forward of its location. The new Podington manor became a farmhouse in 1694, when the owners moved their residence elsewhere. The extensive earthworks remains of the castle can still be located, on the mound, in the field at the back of Old Podington Manor. Building foundations were still visible as of 1972. | Building |
The grey-headed babbler (Stachyris poliocephala) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. | Animal |
Foundation Financial Group was a financial services company with regional operations centers in Atlanta, Fort Worth, Jacksonville, Raleigh, N.C., Rochester, New York and Savannah, Ga. as well as branch offices in Wichita, KS, St. Paul, MN, Indianapolis, IN, Greenwood, IN, Kansas City, MO, and Dayton, OH that holds mortgage lending licenses in 39+ states. In addition, Foundation Financial Group was a major employer in Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida. Foundation Financial Group has received several awards for its employment practices, community involvement, and has demonstrated growth since its original inception in 2004. | Company |
Jeyhun Abiyev (Azerbaijani: Ceyhun Abiyev) born October 24, 1974 in Baku) is a retired male light flyweight boxer from Azerbaijan. Abiyev competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Turkey's eventual silver medalist Atagün Yalçınkaya. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. | Boxer |
It's Up To You is the second album by Australian girl group Girlfriend which featured hit singles \"Heartbeat\" and Wishing On The Same Star\" (With Melanie Alexander On lead vocals}. This would be the last album to feature lead vocalist Robyn Loau who departed group in the middle of 1994, this would also be the last release under the name \"Girlfriend\" The remaining members would later change their named to GF4 and carry on as a quartet. A third single was planned for release titled \"I Love This World\" (With Lorrinda Noble taking lead vocals and a music video being shot in Japan) but was cancelled after Loau departed the band. | Musical Work |
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234 (2002), struck down two overbroad provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 because they abridged \"the freedom to engage in a substantial amount of lawful speech\". The case was brought against the Government by the Free Speech Coalition, a \"California trade association for the adult-entertainment industry\"; along with Bold Type, Inc., a \"publisher of a book advocating the nudist lifestyle\"; Jim Gingerich, who paints nudes; and Ron Raffaelli, a photographer who specialized in erotic images. By striking down these two provisions, the Court rejected an invitation to increase the amount of speech that would be categorically outside the protection of the First Amendment. | Legal Case |
The Church of St. Paul is a parish church in the Church of England, located on Mansfield Road in Daybrook, Nottingham.The parish includes St Timothy church centre. St Paul's church is a Grade II* listed building by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest. | Building |
Davis Dam is a dam on the Colorado River about 70 miles (110 km) downstream from Hoover Dam. It stretches across the border between Arizona and Nevada. Originally called Bullhead Dam, Davis Dam was renamed after Arthur Powell Davis, who was the director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1914 to 1923. The United States Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates the dam, which was completed in 1951. Davis Dam impounds the Colorado River and forms Lake Mohave. | Infrastructure |
North-East Frontier Railway Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at Maligaon in Guwahati, Assam. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted 33 first-class matches in 1976 when Assam cricket team played against Orissa cricket team. The ground hosted 32more first-class matches from 1978 to 2009. The stadium also hosted 18 List A matches when Central Zone cricket team played against North Zone cricket team but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches. | Sport Facility |
Jade Parfitt (born June 1, 1978) is a British model and presenter. She was born in Hammersmith, London, England her family moved to Devonshire, Southern England when she was 14. | Person |
Central Public Library (Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় গণগ্রন্থাগার) of Bangladesh (between 1996 and 2007 it was named Begum Sufia Kamal National Public Library) is the largest public library in Bangladesh. It also houses the Public Library Department which, with 68 public libraries including the Central Public Library in its jurisdiction, is managed by the Directorate of Public Libraries under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs The auditorium (Shawkat Osman Auditorium) of the library is a major venue for cultural events in Dhaka, including the International Short and Independent Film Festival. It also houses the Library Training Institute funded and managed by the Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB). It also has a reprography service, in-house bindery and conservation section. | Educational Institution |
Robert Copeland (born 26 May 1981) is a former Australian Football League footballer for the Brisbane Lions and current captain of Aspley Hornets in QAFL . He is a dual premiership winner (2001, 2003) and was delisted in 2008. | Athlete |
Something About You is the third album by the recording artist Angela Bofill, released in 1981. This was her first direct release through Arista Records, with Narada Michael Walden as producer and Clive Davis as executive. Between the releases of Angel of the Night and Something About You, Bofill left GRP Records and joined Arista, which distributed GRP at the time, hoping to expand on her crossover success. In spite of the controversies surrounding Bofill and GRP, the album managed to sell, but with less success than her first two albums. In 2002, Something About You was digitally remastered and re-released on Arista Records with extra tracks. | Musical Work |
Aero Jet Express Internacional SA de CV was a Mexican airline based in Mexico City. | Company |
Owain Elis James (born 3 November 1980) is a Welsh comedian and actor originally from Carmarthen. He later lived in Cardiff and is now based in London. He is bilingual in Welsh and English, and has performed in both languages. | Artist |
Montclair Hospital Medical Center (MHMC) is a 102-bed acute care facility in Montclair, in the Pomona Valley of San Bernardino County, southern California. MHMC is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (PHS), a hospital management company located in Ontario. PHS was founded in 2001 by Prem Reddy, who is its Chairman of the Board. | Building |
Treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts. The family contains a single genus, Hemiprocne, with four species. They are distributed from India and South East Asia through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Treeswifts are small to medium-sized swifts, ranging in length from 15–30 cm. They have long wings, with most of the length coming from the length of the primaries; their arms are actually quite short. They visibly differ from the other swifts in matters of plumage, which is softer, and they have crests or other facial ornaments, and long forked tails. Anatomically they are separated from the true swifts by skeletal details in the cranium and palate, the anatomy of the tarsus, and a non-reversible hind toe which is used for perching on branches (an activity that true swifts are unable to engage in). The males have iridescent mantle plumage. The treeswifts exhibit a wide range of habitat preferences. One species, the whiskered treeswift, is a species of primary forest. Highly manoeuvrable, it feeds close to vegetation beneath the canopy, and only rarely ventures into secondary forests or plantations, but never over open ground. Other species are less restricted; the crested treeswift makes use of a range of habitats including humid forests and deciduous woodland, and the grey-rumped treeswift utilises occupies almost every habitat type available from the mangrove forests to hill forests. All species feed on insects, although exact details of what prey are taken has not been studied in detail. Nest building responsibilities are shared by the male and female. They lay one egg in the nest, which is glued to an open tree branch. Egg colour varies from white to grey. There is little information about incubation times, but they are thought to be longer for the larger species. Chicks are born with a covering of grey down and are fed a bolus of regurgitated food by the parents. | Animal |
Pete Hoffman (February 22, 1919 - September 7, 2013) was an American cartoonist. He is known for his work on the adventure strips Steve Roper (later Steve Roper and Mike Nomad) and Jeff Cobb. | Artist |
Cringle Moor, at 432 m (1,417 ft), is the third highest hill in the North York Moors, England, and the highest point west of Clay Bank. The hill is crossed by the Cleveland Way National Trail and is a part of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, which also passes over the neighbouring tops of Cold Moor, Carlton Moor, Live Moor and Hasty Bank — a section of the walk which Alfred Wainwright described as \"one of the finest\". It is also part of the Lyke Wake Walk. | Natural Place |
The 2000–01 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 9th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Zhenis and Irtysh at Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. The match was played on 17 June 2001 and was the final match of the competition. | Sports Event |
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Зайцев), more commonly known as Slava Zaitsev (Russian: Слава Зайцев), born 2 March 1938 in Ivanovo, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, is a Soviet/Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist and theatrical costume designer. | Artist |
The Colchester Gladiators are an American Football team competing in the South East National League of British American Football League (BAFL). They play their home games at the Colchester Rugby Club in Colchester, Essex and train at the Sir Charles Lucas Centre for Sport and Art in Colchester. The club was first formed in 1983 and entered senior competition in 1985 where they enjoyed a degree of success, winning the Budweiser League Premier Division playoffs in 1988 and only failing to make the post season playoffs on three occasions before the team folded in 1995. They reformed again in 2003 after a high-profile charity reunion match which featured TV presenter Dermot O'Leary. The Gladiators entered the BAFL the following year, gaining promotion in 2006 only to be relegated after just one season. The Gladiators went on to win the 2013 National League title after recording an unbeaten 13-0 season (including the play-offs). | Sports Team |
Mecia Simone Simson is a British model and actress, who was announced as the winner of the fifth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model in July 2009. | Person |
Schufelberger Egg Pass (el. 990 m.) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It connects Wernetshausen (in the municipality of Hinwil) and Gibswil (in the municipality of Fischenthal). | Natural Place |
Boletellus russellii, commonly known as Russell's bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. An edible species, it is found in Asia and eastern North America, where it grows in a mycorrhizal association with oak, hemlock, and pine trees. Fruit bodies of the fungus are characterized by their coarsely shaggy stem. The yellow-brown to reddish-brown caps are initially velvety, but become cracked into patches with age. | Eukaryote |
Mustilia tzarica is a moth in the Endromidae family. It was described by Zolotuhin in 2007. It is found in Thailand. | Animal |
George Philip \"Butch\" Lochner (b. 1 February 1931 in Stellenbosch – d. 27 August 2010 in Langebaan) was a South African international rugby union player. He made nine appearances for the Springboks between 1955 and 1958, mostly as a number eight. He also scored two tries during his international career, at a time when tries were worth three points. Lochner, who studied agriculture at the University of Stellenbosch, started playing provincial rugby with Western Province in 1951, before moving to Boland in 1954. He made his international debut for South Africa during the 3rd Test of the 1955 British Lions tour at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria. The match was won by the Lions, giving them a 2–1 lead in the four Test series. He was not selected for the 4th Lions Test, but was included in the squad for the 1956 tour of Australia and New Zealand. He played in all six of the tour Tests, including two victories over Australia. After Australia, the Springboks travelled to New Zealand to compete in a four Test Series. Following a loss in Dunedin and a win in Wellington, the series with the All Blacks was level going into the 3rd Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch. Lochner, playing as a flanker, scored a try as South Africa lost the match 17–10. New Zealand went on to win the series 3–1. He then played in both Tests of France's 1958 tour. He scored a try in the opening match, a 3–3 draw at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, before making his final appearance as a Springbok in the 2nd Test at Ellis Park, Johannesburg. France won the game to take the series 1–0. | Athlete |
The Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATLU) is a national Trade union of Antigua and Barbuda. It was formed in 1939 and is closely related to the Antigua Labour Party. It has a membership of 7,000 and is led by Wigley George as president. | Organisation |
Michael Patrick Fitzgerald (born March 28, 1964 in Savannah, Georgia) is a retired Major League Baseball first baseman. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round (20th overall) of the 1984 June Secondary amateur draft. In 1986, Fitzgerald led the Class A Springfield Cardinals with 147 hits, 29 doubles, 19 home runs, 93 RBIs, and a league-leading 17 game-winning RBIs. He appeared in 13 games for the 1988 St. Louis Cardinals. | Athlete |
The Western People is a weekly local newspaper published in Ballina, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland, it was first published in 1883. The newspaper was part of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013. The newspaper was acquired by Landmark Media Investments. The Ballina Herald newspaper (1844 – 28 April 1962), later named 'Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser', merged with the Western People in or around 1962. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly circulation of 18,242 (ABC Jan-Dec '08 - 12 month figure). Circulation fell to 13,236 for 2012. CEO is Brian Feeney and Commercial Director is David Dwane. | Periodical Literature |
(This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Cocchiarali and the second or paternal family name is Bellucci.) Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP World Tour titles (the 2009 and 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open) and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Madrid Masters. | Athlete |
Elin Austevoll (born 21 September 1974) is a Norwegian swimmer, born in Bergen. She competed at the European Sprint Swimming Championships 1994, where she won a silver medal in 50 m breaststroke. She participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where finishing 12th in 100 m breaststroke was her best result. Competed at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships, and finished 15th in 100 m breaststroke and 14th in 200 m breaststroke. Competed at the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships, and finished 6th in 200 m breaststroke. Competed at the 2000 European Short Course World Championships, and finished 4th in the 100m breaststroke. She was part of the Stanford Women's Swim team that won the NCAA team titles in 1996 and 1998Elin Austevoll has a bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University (1995-1999) and a Master of International Business from NHH (2003-2005) and is currently Controller in Statoil ASA. | Athlete |
Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2012, by order of first appearance. The 25th season of Home and Away began airing from 23 January 2012. Until mid April, characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Cameron Welsh. Thereafter, they are introduced by his successor, Lucy Addario. January also saw Peter Phelps debut as Alan Henderson. arrived in February, while began appearing from March. and made their first appearances in April. , and made their debuts in May. and arrived in August, while , , and his son, , began appearing from October. | Fictional Character |
Robert Edwin (Bob) Harrison (26 April 1906 in Mellor, England – 1964) was a former international speedway rider who featured in the first Speedway World Championship in final in 1936. | Motorcycle Rider |
Lough Derg, historically Lough Dergart (Irish: Loch Deirgeirt), is a freshwater lake in the Shannon River Basin, Ireland. It is the second-biggest lake in the Republic of Ireland and the third-biggest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib). It is a long, narrow lake, with shores in counties Clare (south-west), Galway (north-west), and Tipperary (to the east). It is the southernmost of three large lakes on the River Shannon; the others being Lough Ree and Lough Allen. Towns and villages on Lough Derg include Portumna, Killaloe & Ballina, Dromineer, Terryglass, Mountshannon and Garrykennedy. The lake's name evolved from the Irish Loch Deirgdheirc. This was one of the names of The Dagda, an Irish god, and literally means \"red eye\". | Body Of Water |
Two Romanian armies, the Third and the Fourth, were involved in the Battle of Stalingrad, helping to protect the northern and southern flanks respectively of the German 6th Army as it tried to conquer the city of Stalingrad, defended by the Soviet Red Army in mid to late 1942. Overpowered and poorly equipped, these forces were unable to stop the Soviet November offensive which punched through both flanks and left the 6th Army encircled in Stalingrad. The Romanians suffered enormous losses, which effectively ended their offensive capability on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war. | Societal Event |
The Territorial Prelature of Infanta (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Infantensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the municipality of Infanta, Quezon, in the Ecclesiastical province of Lipa in the Philippines. | Clerical Administrative Region |
The 2006–07 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 92nd competitive season, 15th consecutive season in the Premier League and 101st year as a club. Managed by José Mourinho, the club won both the FA Cup and the League Cup. Chelsea were in race to win a unique Quadruple until 1 May. The 2006–07 Premier League was decided on matchday 36, after Chelsea failed to win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. This left them seven points behind Manchester United with two games to go, confirming Manchester United as league champions. The season was their fourth under the ownership of Roman Abramovich and Chelsea spent heavily in the transfer market before the season. Notable transactions include the signing of Andriy Shevchenko from Milan for £30 million and Salomon Kalou from Feyenoord for an undisclosed fee. They also added Michael Ballack from Bayern Munich on free transfer and also exchanged William Gallas and £5 million with Arsenal for Ashley Cole. In the Champions League, Chelsea aimed to improve upon their first knockout round exit in the previous season. They managed to reach the semi-finals for the third time in four seasons, but lost to Liverpool 4–1 on penalties after a 1–1 aggregate scoreline. Chelsea also lost the pre season Community Shield to Liverpool at the beginning of the season. | Sports Team Season |
Peter de Klerk (16 March 1935 – 11 July 2015) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 28 December 1963. He scored no championship points. | Racing Driver |
Edilemma is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with one described species, which occurs in the State of Tocantins, Northern Brazil. The female is about 5 mm long, the male slightly smaller. | Animal |
Timișoara \"Traian Vuia\" International (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) is an international airport serving Timișoara, Romania. Located in the historical region of Banat, the airport is named in honour of Traian Vuia, a Romanian flight pioneer and a Timiș County native. It is the third busiest Romanian airport in terms of air traffic, and the main air transportation hub for the western part of Romania and for the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. The airport serves as an operating base for Wizz Air and Ryanair. | Infrastructure |
Erzulie (sometimes spelled Erzili or Ezili) is a family of loa, or spirits in Vodou. | Cleric |
Joel Luani (born 16 February 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He plays at hooker and previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. | Athlete |
Svenska Cupen 1993-94 was the thirty-ninth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition started on 29 April 1993 and was concluded on 12 May 1994 with the Final held in Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg. IFK Norrköping won 4-3 (golden goal) against Helsingborgs IF before an attendance of 4,021 spectators. | Tournament |
Peter Feldman is a professional poker player from Harper Woods, Michigan Feldmans's first major success in poker came in a 2006 World Series of Poker circuit event, where he won the tournament $532,950. Since then, Feldman has cashed in some World Poker Tour events and in the 2006 and 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. As of 2008, he ranks second in World Series of Poker Circuit event earnings, having cashed for a total of $830,028. As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,100,000. He was indicted by the FBI in 2013 for racketeering. | Athlete |
Frederic Carl Reichardt (born March 16, 1943) was a Major League outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels/California Angels (1964–70), Washington Senators (1970), Chicago White Sox (1971–73) and Kansas City Royals (1973–74). He batted and threw right-handed. Reichardt was a spectacular two-sport star at the University of Wisconsin, twice leading the Big 10 in batting, and starring as a fullback on the 1962 #2 ranked Badgers Rose Bowl team, which was defeated in the 1963 Rose Bowl by #1 ranked USC in the \"comeback that never was\" where the Badgers scored 23 points in the last 12 minutes, but still lost by 5 points (42 to 37). His athletic prowess was highly rated by all Major League Baseball scouts, and when a bidding war ensued for his signing, he received a $200,000 ($1,545,870 today) signing bonus from the Los Angeles Angels, a record for that time. It was the bidding war for Reichardt that ultimately led Major League Baseball to institute a draft, which started in 1965, with Rick Monday being the first ever #1 overall selection (he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics). In 1966, Reichardt became the first player to hit a home run at Anaheim Stadium. Later that season, after batting .288 with 16 home runs and 44 RBI through just 89 games, he was diagnosed with a kidney ailment that necessitated the removal of the kidney. Although he recovered to hit .265 with 17 home runs in 1967, and .255 with 21 home runs in 1968, he was never quite the same after the operation. After hitting only 13 home runs in 1969, he was traded with Aurelio Rodríguez to the Washington Senators early in the 1970 season for 3rd baseman Ken McMullen. After a trade to the White Sox in 1971, he managed to hit .278 with 19 homers. From there, age and injuries took their toll and he never again attained double figures in home runs in a season. He retired after 1 at-bat in the 1974 season. | Athlete |
Ballyfarnon (historically Bellafernan, from Irish: Béal Átha Fearnáin, meaning \"ford-mouth of the alders\") is the most northerly village in North West County Roscommon, Ireland. Built on the River Feorish at the foot of Arigna Mountain, it lies between Loughs Skean and Meelagh with Lough Arrow, Lough Allen, Lough Bo and Lough-na-Sool nearby. It lies on the Sligo/Cavan R284 regional road on the border with County Sligo. The first Church at Kilronan, Keadue, County Roscommon, was built in the 8th century by St. Ronan and his daughter St. Lasair. It was replaced in 1339 by one built by Fergal O'Duigenan which was burned down in 1340 and replaced three years later by the Church, one gable of which stands today. Sheltered by that gable is the vault of the McDermott Roes, in which Turlough O'Carolan was interred in 1738. This gable is a memorial to the Gaelic Literary tradition from the 13th -18th century as represented by the O'Duigenans, hereditary erenachs of Kilronan (lay abbots who held church land from generation to generation), and chroniclers (as well as bards and ollavs-hereditary poets) to the MacDermots, Princes of Moylurg, down to Turlough O'Carolan, sometimes styled \"The Last of the Bards\". The O'Duigenans maintained a School of History on this site. The origin of the bards is lost in the mists of pre-historic Ireland. | Settlement |
Nagyasakya Dam, is an earthfill dam on Panzan river near Nandgaon, Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra in India. | Infrastructure |
Timothy Lee Tolman (born April 20, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Tolman played his college baseball at the University of Southern California and was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1978 amateur draft. He reached the major leagues in 1981 after batting .322, hitting 14 home runs and having 99 runs batted in for the Tucson Toros of the Pacific Coast League. His OPS was .927. In his seven major league seasons (with the Astros from 1981 through 1985, and the Detroit Tigers in 1986-1987), Tolman could never gain a regular job and hit only .168 for his career, never batting higher than the .196 he posted in 1983. He played two more seasons in the International League (for the Tidewater Tides in 1988 and the Syracuse Chiefs in 1989) before retiring. After his playing career, Tolman managed from 1991-1996 in the Astros' minor-league system. He was a scout in 1997-1999 and a scouting supervisor for the Astros in 2000-2002, then became minor league field coordinator for the Cleveland Indians from 2003 to 2006. Tolman was the third base coach for the Washington Nationals in 2008 and was the subject of criticism. Tolman was fired on September 28, 2008, after the final game of the 2008 season. On January 13, 2009, Tolman was named the Seattle Mariners coordinator of instruction. After the 2009 season, Tolman was hired as bench coach by new Cleveland Indians' new manager, Manny Acta, under whom Tolman had coached in Washington. The relationship between Tolman and Acta goes back to 1991, when Acta played for Tolman, who was managing the Burlington Astros of the Midwest League. Acta later served on Tolman's coaching staff. \"He's a very bright baseball mind. I feel very comfortable with Tim,\" Acta said. \"He managed me in the minor leagues. I feel like he's a guy that can really help me. He's never been afraid to talk to me, and that is very important for a bench coach. He's also very familiar with our system, which we took into consideration.\" Tolman retired from coaching following the 2011 season after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. During the final game of the season, Acta was ejected by home plate umpire Dan Bellino in the first inning after arguing balls and strikes, which resulted in bench coach Tolman managing the Indians for the rest of the game in his final game as a major league coach. Speculation was raised that Acta intentionally got himself ejected so Tolman could have the honor of managing the rest of the game, which Acta denied. | Athlete |
F. A. Minuth, AIA, was an American architect practicing in New York City in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His work was exclusively residences and lofts. His office was located at 289 Fourth Avenue until 1905, and at 425 Fifth Avenue from 1908. | Person |
Rebecca Brown (born 8 May 1977 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer. Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when, at 16 years of age, she broke Anita Nall's 200 metre breaststroke world record by 0.59 seconds in Brisbane. In the aftermath of that swim, she was feted as Australia’s newest teen swimming sensation. However, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada she lost out to Samantha Riley in both the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke events. Failing to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Brown announced her retirement from competitive swimming. However, the chance to swim at a home Olympic Games was too good an opportunity pass up. So, Brown made a pact with her then fiancé, now husband, medley swimmer Zane King that they would put everything into making the team for Sydney. For Brown, this meant moving to Melbourne to link up with her former coach, Michael Piper leaving the Australian Institute of Sport-based King behind. She was in good form leading up to the Olympics trails taking the gold in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships as well as 4th in the 100 metre breaststroke and 5th in the 50 metre breaststroke. In May 2000, she secured her place in the Olympic squad with a 2:28.98-minute second place in the 200 metre breakststroke trail final. At the Olympics itself she failed to make to the final, finishing 7th in her semi-final and 14th overall in a time of 2:29.90 mins. At the conclusion of the Games, she announced her retirement and in November 2005, she gave birth to her first child, Indiana Rose King. | Athlete |
The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon is a musical play in two acts by James T. Tanner, with music by Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and additional material by Paul Rubens. It opened at Daly's Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on March 5, 1904 and ran until March 11, 1905 for a total of 365 (another source giving 391) performances. The musical had a short Broadway run, opening at the Original Daly's Theatre in New York on October 24, 1904 and running for 33 performances. The Cingalee is set in Ceylon and concerns colonial tea planters (one of the most popular songs in the score is called simply \"Tea, tea, tea\"!) in an era before this island paradise became the more troubled Sri Lanka. It was given a showy production and was a success in London. The fashion there for shows set in Asian locales had been started by The Mikado and continued by The Geisha, San Toy, The Nautch Girl, A Chinese Honeymoon and others. There is little in the music to give The Cingalee an Eastern flavour. However, Monckton's catchy sextet, \"The Island of Gay Ceylon\" and \"Pearl of Sweet Ceylon\" and Ruben's \"White and Brown Girl\", \"Sloe Eyes\", \"Monkeys\" and \"You and I\" are highlights of the musical score. The condescending racial nature of The Cingalee's libretto, however, would be unacceptable today, and so The Cingalee is unlikely to be revived. The London cast included Hayden Coffin, Rutland Barrington, Huntley Wright and Isabel Jay. A young Lily Elsie also appeared in the show, as did Topsy Sinden. The first professional recording of Monckton works, including The Cingalee, was made in 2003 by Theatre Bel-Etage chorus and orchestra, conductor Mart Sander. | Musical Work |
The Hexie Mountains are a desert mountain range located in Joshua Tree National Park, in southern California. | Natural Place |
Gundam Reconguista in G (Japanese: ガンダム Gのレコンギスタ Hepburn: Gandamu G no Rekongisuta), also referred to as G-Reco (Gレコ), is a 2014 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the thirteenth installment in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. Created for the Gundam 35th Anniversary celebration, it is the first Gundam TV series to be written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino since Turn A Gundam in 1999 and features character designs by Kenichi Yoshida of Overman King Gainer & Eureka Seven fame. Airing in the MBS/TBS networks' Animeism block starting in October 2014, it is the first traditional Gundam TV series to be initially released as a late night anime. | Cartoon |
David Cournooh (born July 28, 1990), is a Ghanaian / Italian professional basketball player for the The Flexx Pistoia club of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. In June 2016, he signed a two-year contract with The Flexx Pistoia. He has been a member of the Italian national basketball team. | Athlete |
The MasterCard International Pro-Am was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1984 to 1987. It was played at several different courses in Westchester County, New York. | Tournament |
Carpathica calophana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae. | Animal |
Raúl Campero Núñez (November 29, 1919 – October 31, 1980) was an Olympic medalist from Mexico. He was born in San Blas, Nayarit. | Athlete |
The British general election, 1754, returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Owing to the extensive use of corruption and the Duke of Newcastle's personal influence in the pocket boroughs, the government was returned to office with a working majority. The old parties had disappeared almost completely by this stage; anyone with reasonable hopes of achieving office called himself a 'Whig', although the term had lost most of its original meaning. While 'Tory' and 'Whig' were still used to refer to particular political leanings and tendencies, parties in the old sense were no longer relevant except in a small minority of constituencies, such as Oxfordshire, with most elections being fought on local issues and the holders of political power being determined by the shifting allegiance of factions and aristocratic families rather than the strength or popularity of any organised parties. A small group of members of parliament still considered themselves Tories, but they were almost totally irrelevant to practical politics and entirely excluded from holding public office. The resulting 11th Parliament of Great Britain was convened on 31 May 1754 and sat through eight sessions until its dissolution on 20 April 1761. | Societal Event |
The black-banded sea krait, or Chinese sea snake (Laticauda semifasciata), known in Japan as erabu umi hebi (ja:エラブウミヘビ), and Okinawa as the irabu, is a member of the Laticauda genus of sea snakes. It is found in most of the warm waters of the western Pacific Ocean. This high snake frequents coral reef areas. It has a short head, thick trunk, and no easily discernible neck. The tail is simply extended skin, spread wide like a fin, and unsupported by any projection. The stomach is comparatively wide. Massing together near the shore, they breed between narrow cracks in the reef and in caves. It is a nocturnal snake, rarely seen during the day. It requires oxygen to breathe, so breaks the surface at least once every six hours. It is too slow to catch fish in a straight chase, so it hunts for fish hiding in the coral. Alternately, gathering in the hundreds, black-banded sea kraits form hunting alliances with yellow goatfish and bluefin trevally, flushing potential prey from narrow crannies in a reef the same way some moray eels do. The bite is highly venomous and paralyzes the prey. Females lay their eggs on land. Generally, the species is found in Fiji, southern Japan and Singapore. Their venom is ten times stronger than that of a cobra, making them extremely dangerous. Fortunately, this snake does not bite humans unless it feels threatened. The erabu snake is a winter staple in southern Japan, where it is believed to replenish a female's womanhood. Irabu soup irabu-jiru (ja:イラブー汁) is said to taste like miso and a bit like tuna. This soup was a part of the royal court cuisine of Ryukyu Kingdom; it is thought to have analeptic properties. | Animal |
Kolonia Dąbrówka [kɔˈlɔɲa dɔmˈbrufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarłów, within Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Tarłów, 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Opatów, and 81 km (50 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce. The village has a population of 50. | Settlement |
Ernst Trygger (27 October 1857 – 23 September 1943) was a Swedish jurist professor and conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1923 to 1924. He also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1928 to 1930 in the government of Arvid Lindman. He was a member of the first chamber of the Swedish Riksdag from 1898 to 1937, and also leader of the conservatives in that chamber from 1913 to 1933. | Politician |
Amistad Reservoir (Spanish: Presa Amistad) is a reservoir on the Rio Grande at its confluence with the Devils River 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Del Rio, Texas. The lake is bounded by Val Verde County on the United States side of the international border and by the state of Coahuila on the Mexican side of the border; the American shoreline forms the Amistad National Recreation Area. The reservoir was formed in 1969 by the construction of Amistad Dam. The dam and lake are managed jointly by the governments of the United States and Mexico through the International Boundary and Water Commission. The name of the dam and lake is the Spanish word for \"friendship\". The reservoir is also known as Lake Amistad. | Body Of Water |
The 352nd Special Operations Support Squadron is an active land based unit within the 752d Special Operations Group (752nd SOG), 352d Special Operations Wing (352nd SOW), United States Air Force, United States European Command, and is based at Royal Air Force base RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, eastern England. | Organisation |
Cătălin Munteanu (born 26 January 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a left winger. Munteanu started to play football at Steaua București, where he was one of the most talented players. In March 1997, aged 18, he made his first-team debut in a Divizia A game against Rapid Bucharest. UD Salamanca paid 1,800,000 dollars for Munteanu's transfer from Steaua, where he played until 2001 when he was bought by Atlético Madrid, but he was loaned to Espanyol Barcelona and then Albacete. He has also played for Real Murcia. From 1997 until 2001, Munteanu was a member of the Romanian national team. He has been capped 17 by Romania and scored one goal. | Athlete |
Yoon Byung-in (May 18, 1920 – April 3, 1983), also known in English reference as Byung-in Yoon, was a Korean Grandmaster of martial arts. He is believed to be the first Korean national to study Chuan Fa (Chinese Gung Fu) in China and to return to teach it in Korea. He was an influential instructor to many current and past Masters and Grandmasters, and himself a master of many styles and studies of Martial Arts. | Athlete |
The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944) was a decisive naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The battle was the last of five major \"carrier-versus-carrier\" engagements between American and Japanese naval forces, and pitted elements of the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet against ships and aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mobile Fleet and nearby island garrisons. The aerial theatre of the battle was nicknamed the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot by American aviators for the severely disproportional loss ratio inflicted upon Japanese aircraft by American pilots and anti-aircraft gunners. During a debriefing after the first two air battles a pilot from USS Lexington remarked \"Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home!\" The outcome is generally attributed to American improvements in pilot and crew training and tactics, war technology (including the top-secret anti-aircraft proximity fuze), and ship and aircraft design. Although at the time the battle appeared to be a missed opportunity to destroy the Japanese fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy had lost the bulk of its carrier air strength and would never recover. During the course of the battle, American submarines torpedoed and sank two of the largest Japanese fleet carriers taking part in the battle. This was the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history. | Societal Event |
Carlos Antonio Santos-Viola (April 8, 1912 – July 31, 1994) was an architect in the Philippines. He is best known for designing and building churches for the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) religious group. Carlos was born Carlos Santos-Viola y Antonio in San Miguel, Bulacan and one of six children to Melecio de Guzman Santos and Miguela Magpitang Antonio. Starting from San Miguel Elementary School, Carlos moved on to the Ateneo de Manila to finish his high school education. While in Ateneo he joined the school band, and was quite active in basketball. Santos-Viola was one of the very first graduates of the College of Architecture of the University of Santo Tomas in 1935. During this time the professors then were outstanding architects and engineers of the period, such as Tomas Arguelles, Tomas Mapua, Juan F. Nakpil, Fernando H. Ocampo, and Andres Luna de San Pedro. Santos-Viola worked in the office of Juan Nakpil after graduating. There he met Juan's youngest sister, Caridad, his future wife and mother to his children: Rosario, Milagros, Paz, Lourdes and Carlos Jr. Shortly after World War II, he decided to open his own office in partnership with Alfredo J. Luz. In 1955, both parted ways and practiced separately. His first exposure to the INC group was executed under Nakpil's company through the Bishop's Palace in San Juan, Manila. INC gave the subsequent project directly to Santos-Viola. Although common elements may be visible, his designs were distinct from one another. Each structure was created on functionality that was built with integrity, adorned with 20th-century geometric forms garnished with Gothic revival and Baroque lines. Among those completed designs was the INC's central office in Quezon City. Architect Santos-Viola was the only Filipino Architect who designed churches that were built all over the Philippines. Carlos was a lifelong devout Roman Catholic. He ministered for the Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Quezon City and was frequently invited to join the INC but repeatedly denied the invitations due to ideological differences. He also taught architecture at the college where he graduated, and helped found the Philippine Institute of Architects in 1938. | Person |
James Loughlin Duncan (September 11, 1913 – July 20, 2000), the first Bishop of Southeast Florida, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Robert Duncan and his wife, Mary (O'Loughlin) Duncan. He died in 2000, a resident of Coral Gables, Florida. | Cleric |
The Melogold or Melogold grapefruit (Citrus grandis Osbeck × C. Paradisi Macf.) is a citrus hybrid similar to the oroblanco; both result from a cross between the pomelo and the grapefruit and is a fruit similar to a sweet grapefruit. | Plant |
Rune Vindheim (born 15 May 1972) is a retired Norwegian football player who is currently the manager of Fana IL. | Sports Manager |
The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny (guitar, keys, vocals) and Michael Cronin (drums, percussion, samples, vocals), both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray. The Aftermath released their debut album, Friendlier Up Here on 25 April 2008. They have had three singles enter the Irish Singles Chart, all inside the Top 20; \"One is Fun/Are You Not?\" spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at number eleven, \"Hollywood Remake/Need\" also spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at number nineteen, whilst latest single \"All I Want is For You to Be Happy\" spent a week in the chart at number thirteen. All this led to the band being voted at number nine in the \"Most Promising for 2007\" category in the Hot Press Readers Poll. The Aftermath have provided support for Razorlight, The Streets, The Mission and The Frames on Irish and European dates. They have played a double-headliner in Whelan's, Dublin with New York outfit Arckid, who feature Liv Tyler’s husband Royston Langdon on bass and lead vocals. Eight weeks of 2006 were spent in BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles's Top Unsigned Bands Chart and they are still the only Irish band to have featured in the Tastemakers Chart. Festival appearances include Electric Picnic, Indie-pendence, Le Chéile and Hard Working Class Heroes. The Aftermath are named after the Cronins favourite album by The Rolling Stones. They are signed to the Live Transmission label. | Group |
For the new museum, see National Museum of the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Museum was located on the first floor of the Marine Corps Historical Society in Building 58 of the Washington Navy Yard, 9th and M Streets (southeast), Washington, D.C. It housed a wide variety of exhibits with artifacts relating to the history of the U.S. Marines. It also contained a collection of art relating to the Marines and a historical Time Tunnel. For many years, the Marine Corps Museum served as an important center for preserving and showcasing the Marine Corps legacy. The museum closed on July 1, 2005 during the establishment of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. | Building |
The Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern (German: Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern) are a subrange of the Austrian Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. Together with the Radstadt Tauern, the Schladming Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern form the major range known as the Low Tauern. The mountains are located in Austria in the federal state of Styria. | Natural Place |
Little Memole also known as Wee Wendy or Tongari Bōshi no Memoru (とんがり帽子のメモル, lit. \"Memole of the Pointed Hat\"), is a Japanese anime television series produced in the 1980s by Toei Animation. | Cartoon |
'Cherry Smash' is a hybrid cultivar of the genus Guzmania in the Bromeliad family. | Plant |
\"Dominion\" is a song by English rock band The Sisters of Mercy. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, Floodland, in February 1988. The version on Floodland, titled \"Dominion/Mother Russia\", features \"Dominion\" as well as an outro piece titled \"Mother Russia\". It was written by band frontman Andrew Eldritch and produced by Larry Alexander, Eldritch, and Jim Steinman. The song peaked at number 7 on the Irish Singles Chart, number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 30 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. It was also featured on the fictional Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 radio station in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV. | Musical Work |
Kennebunkport is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,474 people at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan statistical area. The town center, the area in and around Dock Square, is located along the Kennebunk River, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the mouth of the river on the Atlantic Ocean. Historically a shipbuilding and fishing village, for well over a century the town has been a popular summer colony and seaside tourist destination. The Dock Square area has a district of souvenir shops, art galleries, seafood restaurants, and bed and breakfasts. Cape Porpoise, while retaining its identity as a fishing harbor, has a very small village area with several restaurants, a church, grocery store, coffee shop, small library, and art gallery. Kennebunkport has a reputation as a summer haven for the upper class and is one of the wealthiest communities in the state of Maine. Kennebunkport and neighboring towns Kennebunk and Arundel comprise school district RSU 21. | Settlement |
Gloucester 1 is an English rugby union league which sits at the ninth level of league rugby union in England for teams based primarily in the county of Gloucestershire but also on occasion teams from Bristol. Promoted clubs move into Gloucester Premier and relegated clubs drop into Gloucester 2. | Sports League |
eNCA (also referred to as eNews Channel Africa) is a 24-hour television news broadcaster focusing on South African and African stories. The broadcaster made history when it launched on 1 June 2008, becoming South Africa's first 24-hour news service. | Broadcaster |
Suavito (foaled 21/08/2010) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse formally trained by Nigel Blackiston at Flemington Racecourse. She was bred in New Zealand by IDL Racing Ltd, and was raced throughout her entire career in Australia. She was a multiple group winner and won over $1,000,000 in prize money. | Horse |
630 Euphemia is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid. Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatoryduring 2005 showed a best fit rotation period of 79.18 ± 0.02 hours with a brightnessvariation of 0.2 ± 0.02 in magnitude. However, some uncertainty remains concerning the reliability of this result. | Celestial Body |
Allison Ann Higson (born March 13, 1973), later known by her married name Allison Cavanaugh, is a former breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal with the women's 4x100-metre medley relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Andrea Nugent, Jane Kerr and Lori Melien. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Higson won gold medals in the women's 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, both in games record time. At the 1986 world championships in Madrid, Higson captured a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke event. She briefly held the women's 200-metre breaststroke world record in 1988. Higson also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in the preliminary heats of the 100-metre and 200-metre freestyle, and placed eighth in final of the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay as a member of Canada's team. | Athlete |
\"Hot Damn\" is a 2003 single by The Clipse from The Neptunes's compilation album Clones. The beat has a jazzy tune composed with saxophones and drums. It was produced by The Neptunes. The original version of the song was \"Cot' Damn.\" which was featured on their album Lord Willin'. \"Hot Damn\" features a sample from another The Neptunes song \"What Happened to That Boy\" by Birdman featuring The Clipse. The song was originally titled \"God Damn\" but it was changed under the advice of the record label, who believed that \"nobody in the bible belt would play it\". It has new lyrics on the track, which are different from the original. | Musical Work |
Syed Sajid Mehdi is a Pakistani politician, and parliamentarian. He was elected a member of national assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from NA-168 (Vehari) in Pakistani general election, 2013. | Politician |
Brachystelechidae is an extinct family of Early Permian microsaurs. The family was first named by Robert L. Carroll and Pamela Gaskill in 1978, with the only member being Brachystelechus fritschi. Brachystelechus fritschi has since been reassigned to the genus Batropetes. Three genera are currently assigned to the family: Batropetes, from Germany; Carrolla, from Texas; and Quasicaecilia, also from Texas. | Animal |
Udo was a 9th-century nobleman of East Francia, a son of Gebhard, Count of Lahngau, and older brother of Berengar I of Neustria. He and his brother were afforded their position in the March of Neustria both by kinship to Adalard the Seneschal and the favour of Charles the Bald. With his brothers, Berengar and Waldo the Abbot, he took part in the 861 revolt of Carloman of Bavaria, possible his cousin-in-law, against Louis the German. The revolt was crushed and the three brothers fled with their relative Adalard to the court of the West Frankish king, Charles the Bald, who granted them wardship of the march against the Vikings while the march against the Bretons was granted to Robert the Strong. Charles' patronage of the family provoked the jealousy of the Rorgonids, the most powerful family local to Neustria and then controlling the ducatus Cenomannicus (Maine). In 865, they allied with Saloman of Brittany and attacked the brothers. Charles, to attain peace, took the march back and gave it to Gauzfrid, a Rorgonid. A charter of 879 mentions Udo and his brothers taking part in the foundation of the college of Gemünden. Evidently, the death of Louis the German in 876 had allowed them to return to the court of Carloman. He left a son, Conrad, Duke of Thuringia, who was the founder of the Conradine dynasty and father of Conrad I of Germany. One younger son, Rudolf, became Bishop of Würzburg, and another, Gebhard, became Duke of Lotharingia. | Person |
The Chaîne des Alpilles is a small range of low mountains in Provence, southern France, located about 20 km (12 mi) south of Avignon. | Natural Place |
Ghod River is located in Pune District, Maharashtra, western India. It is a tributary of the Bhima River. The Ghod originates on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats at 1,090 metres (3,580 ft) above sea level. It flows in an east-southeast direction for approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) before its confluence with the Bhima. It flows from the northern side of the Sahyadri Hills. The Kukadi River is one of the tributaries of the Ghod. The Ghor River is the tributary of Bhima River. The soil on the upper and lower courses of the river is abundant in paleontological sediments. The river dates back to ancient times, which is proved by the gravel bed. The river Ghod flows in the state of Maharashtra. Inamgaon is one of the largest and most exciting chalcolithic sites in India, which is located on the banks of this river. Inamgaon, a post-Harappan agrarian village located along the Ghod, has been studied for its archaeological finds.The river is dammed by the Ghod Dam. | Stream |
The Roe River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Prince Regent Nature Reserve below Bushfire Hill then flow in a north westerly direction. The river discharges into Prince Frederick Harbour to York Sound and out onto the Indian Ocean. The river contains several permanent pools, including Paradise Pool where several examples of Indigenous Australian art known as Bradshaw paintings can be found along the cliff faces. The river has five tributaries including; Moran river, Wyulda Creek and Rufous Creek. The river was named in 1820 by Philip Parker King after the father of master's mate John Septimus Roe during his voyage in the Mermaid; he also named Prince Frederick Harbour, Prince Regent River and the nearby Mount Trafalgar during the same visit. The first European to trace the Roe from its source to its outflow was the explorer Frederick Brockman in 1884. The river has a total of seven freshwater fish species that inhabit its waters. | Stream |
The HSBC Women's Champions is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It made its debut in 2008 and its first champion was top-ranked Lorena Ochoa of Mexico, who won by 11 strokes. The tournament was played on the Garden Course of the Tanah Merah Country Club in eastern Singapore, adjacent to Singapore Changi Airport from 2008 to 2012. It is now played at the Serapong Course at the Sentosa Golf Club in Sentosa. HSBC, one of the world's largest financial organizations, is the title sponsor of the tournament. HSBC also sponsors several events on the PGA Tour and from 2005 through 2007 sponsored the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship on the LPGA Tour. In 2008 and 2009, entrance in the tournament was open to 78 of the world's top golfers, based on world rankings, recent tour wins, and other criteria. The total purse in the first two years was US$2 million, with the winner's share at $300,000. In 2010, the field was reduced to 63 players and the purse reduced to $1.3 million. The purse increased to $1.4 million in 2011. As a limited field tournament, there is no cut and all players in the field play all four rounds. | Tournament |
Alexandru Lăpușan (1 February 1955 – 17 May 2016) was a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Agriculture in Nicolae Văcăroiu's Cabinet (1992–1996). He was member of the Chamber of Deputies (1990–1992) for Cluj County, being named by the National Salvation Front. He was also Mayor of Dej in 1991. | Politician |
Rick Burchett (born March 9, 1952) is an American comic book artist known for his work on such characters as Batman and Superman. | Artist |
The German Ivory Museum Erbach (Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum Erbach) is a museum in Erbach im Odenwald, Germany. It was founded in 1966, but the collection was started by Count Francis I in late 18th century. The city of Erbach then developed to become one of the centres for ivory carving. The museum exhibition consists of more than 2000 items that represent European, African, Asian, and Greenlandic ivory carving art from the Middle Ages to the present day. One of the focuses is the work of ivory carvers in the Odenwald area in the 19th and 20th centuries, for example Jan Holschuh. In early 2006, the museum was modernised and extended. Other ivory museums in this region are the privately owned Ivory Museum Michelstadt and the church-owned Ivory Museum Walldürn. | Building |
Peter van Roye (born 30 May 1950) is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lingen. In 1976 he and his partner Thomas Strauß won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs event. | Athlete |
Stéphane Gomez (born August 2, 1976 in Millau, France) is an open water swimmer from France. He won the French National Championships in: \n* 5K: 2001, 2002 \n* 10K: 2000, 2002 \n* 25K: 2007 | Athlete |